Is there a way to get the previous version of any package?

[Joshua Root]

On 2010-3-26 06:32 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On Mar 25, 2010, at 14:14, Joshua Root wrote:
> 
>> On 2010-3-26 05:37 , Kok-Yong Tan wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> On Mar 25, 2010, at 14:21, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>
>>>> MacPorts follows dependencies automatically. To tell it not to do so,
>>>> use the -n switch.
>>>>
>>>> sudo port -n install wireshark
>>>
>>> Got it.  Thanks.  The man page for port (even after a "port selfupdate"
>>> to 1.8.2) states that the -n switch is "only for upgrading" so that's
>>> what threw me since I wasn't doing an upgrade but an install of wireshark.
>>
>> Install triggers an upgrade of any dependencies that are already
>> installed. But why not just leave zlib 1.2.4 installed but inactive so
>> upgrade doesn't see it as outdated?
> 
> Upgrade will reactivate zlib 1.2.4.

No it won't.

- Josh