Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 14:35:08 -0600 From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Micha=EBl_Gr=FCnewald?= <michael.grunewald@laposte.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reviving a dead port Message-ID: <20071104203508.GB30608@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <864pg22q01.fsf@Llea.celt.neu> References: <864pg22q01.fsf@Llea.celt.neu>
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On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 12:45:34PM +0100, Michaël Grünewald wrote: > First, this is not really a new port, but a revival of a dead one. is > there specific issues with this? No, just label it [new port], but put in the Description that it's coming back from the Attic. > Second, the port version I wrote is anachronic, since some people may > have 1.46 installed (or prior 1.45.5 version, but PORT_REVISION can be > used here so this is not an issue). What's the correct way (or least > annoyance way) to handle this backtime travel? See the description of PORTEPOCH in the Porter's Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-naming.html#MAKEFILE-NAMING-REVEPOCH mcl
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