installing an older port

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 4, 2015, at 9:06 PM, Gideon Simpson wrote:

> I tried following the directions online to download and install an older port, but I’m encountering the following problem:
> 
> gideon at gs_air:ports$ svn checkout -r 137992 https://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports/devel/swig
> Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn.macports.org:443':
>  - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the
>    fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!
> Certificate information:
>  - Hostname: *.macports.org
>  - Valid: from Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:19:18 GMT until Fri, 01 Apr 2016 01:19:52 GMT
>  - Issuer: GlobalSign nv-sa, BE
>  - Fingerprint: 15:5e:21:55:fe:e3:26:ae:b2:f8:c6:6a:d2:1a:bf:82:74:dd:c9:14
> (R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? t
> A    swig/files
> A    swig/files/patch-configure.diff
> A    swig/Portfile
> Checked out revision 137992.
> gideon at gs_air:ports$ cd swig/
> gideon at gs_air:swig$ sudo port install
> Password:
> Error: Unable to execute port: Could not open file: /Users/gideon/Downloads/ports/swig/Portfile

Read

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort#Step2:Gettheportdirectory

to learn why the Downloads directory is not a suitable location for portfiles.