Is there a way that I can rebuild and reactivate an older version of a port? I know about this link: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort> but the problem I have is a little bit different. I have the old versions still on my computer, including the source (these were ports that build from source), and they are for a port that is not hosted on macports. The problem is that one of the dependents changed, so if I just activate the old version it fails. So, what I want is essentially to “activate from source” or “rebuild @version)” since I already have the source and the port for the old version. I can just activate the old version because there is the issue of a bad link, so it needs to be rebuilt. I tried: sudo port install myport @myoldversion but it tried to rebuild the new version, which is not what I want. I also tried just giving the source flag: sudo port activate -s myport @myoldversion but then it just activated the old version.
I actually had no intention of yet upgrading this port, but when I upgraded one of the dependents , macports found that the port was now broken, and proceeded to download the new version of the port before rebuilding. But, that new version is actually broken (for a completely unrelated reason). So, now I can’t use the new version of the port, and I want to go back to the old version, but I can just activate it, because of the dependent issue. So, I want to just have macports rebuild the old version from source. Any guidance? --Adam
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