From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 15 04:00:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F54116A412 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:00:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B31F43D46 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:00:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 13139 invoked by uid 399); 15 Oct 2006 04:00:34 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.9?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 15 Oct 2006 04:00:34 -0000 Message-ID: <4531B25B.4020407@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:00:27 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Messenger References: <200610141754.k9EHs9So049404@builder.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org, marcus@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:00:38 -0000 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, 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* : 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