On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 01:17:45AM -0400, Mike Dalgity wrote:
> So what does one do if they need a port/package that is available for a
> previous release but not the latest release? For example, Mysql 4.0 is a
> package for OBSD 3.8 and I'd like to install Mysql 4.x on OBSD 3.9 or soon
> to be 4.0 but it seems only Mysql 5.0 is available. What is generally done
> in a case such as this?
While it is not supported, there is a directory /usr/ports/mystuff for
this; typically, old ports compile just fine. (Be aware that the library
syntax has changed recently, though - but that won't be a problem on
3.9, and should be obvious from a quick diff anyway.)
Joachim
