Installing older binary versions

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 24, 2020, at 12:58, dan d. wrote:

> How can one install one of the older binaries found on the macports binary list page?

See

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort

However note that where that page talks about checking out code in a separate directory, that will force a build from source. The only way to make use of an older binary is to modify the original Portfile -- i.e. the one identified by the command "port file foo" -- and, if necessary, its files directory.

See

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/59463