[MacPorts] #40519: Tiger, tor and openssl

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#40519: Tiger, tor and openssl
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  Reporter:  dgringo1@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  request     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.2.0
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
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Comment (by dgringo1@…):

 Replying to [comment:1 ryandesign@…]:
 > Replying to [ticket:40519 dgringo1@…]:
 > > I am unsure how to 1) specify a specific installation / build of an
 earlier version
 >
 > wiki:howto/InstallingOlderPort
 >
 > > and 2) selectively use that version for some s/w.  Questions and help
 -- yes there is a lot of online chatter about openssl & tor ?  ;)
 >
 >
 > By very carefully activating whichever version you want before you build
 each port. But this kind of micromanaging of ports is quite fiddly and of
 course completely unsupported. MacPorts is designed for you to be using
 the currently-available versions of ports, not selectively backdating
 ports.
 >
 > Let's look into the real problem instead. Why do you think tor doesn't
 work with openssl 1.0.1e?

 :(  Shame one is not intended to be able to return to previous versions, I
 had incorrectly deduced that might be the way.

 I hope this does not turn out to be the reason for a Tiger tor not
 existing.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40519#comment:3>
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