On 8/4/06, David Fang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is there a way to revert a package version to a version that's > > > > not > > > > listed? For example, autoconf-2.59 is no longer available as it has been > > > > replaced by autoconf-2.60, and dumpinfo only shows 2.60. I can't find > > > > 2.59 in the stable tree either. (Unfortunately, the upgrade has caused > > > > some serious grief and breakage for a project of mine.) Hopefully, I'd > > > > only need to do this temporarily until I diagnose the exact problem > > > > before > > > > devising a workaround to allow use of the new version, so momentary > > > > incoherence in my fink installation is acceptable. > > > > > > You can download the older version via CVS, e.g. the ViewCVS interface: > > > > > > http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/fink/dists/10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/autoconf.info?view=log > > > > > > --maybe rename the .info file to be autoconf-1.59-<revision>.info > > > > > > -- > > > Alexander K. Hansen > > > Fink Documenter (still) > > > > > > > I should add that you'd want to download the (renamed) file to > > /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo, and then you can do > > > > fink install autoconf-2.59-<revision> > > > > (I don't remember what the last revision was, right off the top of my head) > > So I did something similar: > > in .../finkinfo/devel/: > cvs update -r1.2 autoconf2.5.info > mv autoconf.info autoconf.info.bkp > mv autoconf2.5.info autoconf.info > [hand-edit the new autoconf.info to make package name match (was "2.5")] > fink selfupdate > fink install autoconf-2.59-7 > > I did this to avoid perturbing the automake1.9.info (which I also need) > which shows a dependency on autoconf, not autoconf2.5. (There was a > momentary mess in trying to remove the installed package, but blocked by > the dependency.) Now a dumpinfo shows that the debs for autoconf-2.60-4 > and 2.59-7 are both available, so I should be able to switch between them > via install. I think the only problem will arise when autoconf.info is > updated, but I can at least repeat the above steps. > > Thanks again. > > David > > >
Yeah. That's why I suggested either naming it with the version and revision and/or putting it in the local tree. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
