On 9/2/10 10:43 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
Ed Flecko edfle...@gmail.com writes:
When you're installing software via the pkg_add command or building
from source, how do you what specific version you'll be installing
BEFORE you actually install it?
By reading the port's Makefile, in my case.
Other common options are
make packagename in the port's directory
http://www.freebsd.org/ports
http://www.freshports.org/
Adding onto Lowell's response, you can see which version of the port was
packaged at release time by logging directly into the FTP server:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD
and take a look at what is in the package directory. For example:
ls ports/${ARCH}/packages-X.Y-release/${CATEGORY}/${PORT}
replacing ${ARCH}, ${CATEGORY}, and ${PORT} as appropriate, and
replacing X and Y with your current release version (for example, 8.1).
Regards,
--
Glen Barber
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