On Tuesday February 18 2014 22:10:53 Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > Things started out fine, but somehow I found myself with a 64bit-only > > libiconv (despite the fact that the database told me I had the universal > > variant, as requested), which of course gave problems. Couldn't figure out > > how to force-reinstall the port, > > For future reference: > > sudo port -ns upgrade --force libiconv
Thanks. I tried with -f and possibly even with -n, but that resulted just in the usual post-install scan of the database. > MacPorts does not have the capability to re-install older versions of ports; > if you want that you have to follow the instructions in the > howto/InstallingOlderPort wiki page. So no, the instructions will only leave > you with the latest version of each port, because that’s all that MacPorts > knows how to install. Good to know, also as a reminder not to uninstall older versions immediately after each upgrade as apparently there's no (easy) way back! R. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
