Removing mport:// sources (Was: Re: Removing port submit)

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Tue Aug 20 17:33:06 PDT 2013


On 2013-8-20 20:48 , Clemens Lang wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 09:20:39AM +1000, Joshua Root wrote:
>> Please revert the part that breaks the ability to install directly
>> from a remote archive.
> 
> Please provide an example of what you are trying to achieve. There is no
> documentation whatsoever that this was ever supported and working. I'm
> not going to take a shot in the dark with this without having a way to
> test.

sudo port install
https://packages.macports.org/zlib/zlib-1.2.7_0.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2

It's the easiest way of installing an older version of a port.

- Josh


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