On 20.10.2006, at 04:36, Sancho McCann wrote:

The current version of py-numeric is 24.2, but I want to install 23.8. What is the best way to do this that would still allow ports dependant on py-numeric to install?

Here's one way (I'm not saying it's the best): Fetch a previous version from the repository. # Edit /opt/local/etc/ports/sources.conf to include file://Users/ Shared/dports at the top mkdir /Users/Shared/dports # do it as adm and chmod g+w for all users editing ports cd /Users/Shared/dports svn co --revision "whatever" http://svn.macports.org/repository/ macports/trunk/dports/python/py-numeric/ python/py-numeric/ portindex /Users/Shared/dports Of course, this only works if there is a previous revision that corresponds to 23.8. It can also be used to fix a port at a certain date, e.g. by using --revision {20060830}. Regards, Marc