Find a defunct port?

K

KernelPanic

I'm trying to find the files (i.e. Makefile, distinfo, etc) for a defunct port. Where would be the easiest place to find it?

I think it was pulled back around 12/2011.
 
If all else fails, you could download the ports distribution of an older release (although admittedly doing this is far from ideal).
 
For svn you would have to work out the revision number for the time that you wanted to revert to with a command like this (using the net/bounce port as an example):

# svn log --limit=10 [url=svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head/net/bounce]svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head/net/bounce[/url]

Find the version you want and then run this:

# svn co -r 198325 [url=svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head/net/bounce]svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head/net/bounce[/url] /usr/ports/net/bounce

Note that I've run these commands on the actual repository as if the port had been removed I guess you can't use it on the local filesystem.
 
You can use it on the local /usr/ports if it was checked out with svn. The history files are part of it. I'm not sure how that works with a deleted file. KernelPanic, please specify which port.
 
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