Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:00:27 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org, marcus@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird Message-ID: <4531B25B.4020407@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <op.thfa3dy59aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <200610141754.k9EHs9So049404@builder.freebsd.org> <op.thfa3dy59aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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For future reference, take a look at how I handle this in the BIND ports. If you'd named the _port_ 0.3.a1_2, then when 0.3 comes out, pkg_version is smart enough to know that it's > 0.3.a*. hth, Doug PS, PORTEPOCH is evil, and must die. Jeremy Messenger wrote: > Fixed by add PORTEPOCH, thanks for report. > > Cheers, > Mezz > > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:54:09 -0500, <erwin@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> ** The following ports have a version number that sorts before a >> previous one ** >> >> For many package tools to work correctly, it is of utmost importance >> that >> version numbers of a port form a monotonic increasing sequence over >> time. >> Refer to the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook, 'Package Naming Conventions' for >> more information. Tools that won't work include pkg_version, portupgrade >> and portaudit. A common error is an accidental deletion of PORTEPOCH. >> >> Please fix any errors as soon as possible. >> >> - *deskutils/sunbird* <gnome@FreeBSD.org>: sunbird-0.3 < sunbird-0.3a1_2 >> | revision 1.9 >> | date: 2006/10/14 08:52:42; author: marcus; state: Exp; lines: >> +16 -21 >> | Chase the GNOME X11BASE to LOCALBASE move, and fix the build with >> the >> | new freetype2 where needed. >> | >> | Submitted by: mezz, ahze, pav, and many others >> | Approved by: portmgr (implicit, kris) > > > --mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org > http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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