From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 18 16:43:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91835106564A for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:43:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo102.cox.net (eastrmfepo102.cox.net [68.230.241.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1098FC18 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:43:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo306.cox.net ([68.230.241.238]) by eastrmfepo102.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20111218164332.KWNC3177.eastrmfepo102.cox.net@eastrmimpo306.cox.net> for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:43:32 -0500 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.80.83]) by eastrmimpo306.cox.net with bizsmtp id AgjS1i00M1nrG4q02gjV1r; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:43:32 -0500 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020204.4EEE1834.0015,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=SrYs8rolcd1oag5W3dSszTvpo+kXKLnBw6FdA3lSvZA= c=1 sm=1 a=zhDwFAZz0LYA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=bP8/21xuPmjjKiboDxlPZA==:17 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=YG6fmgqxeXjavhkKxx0A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=bP8/21xuPmjjKiboDxlPZA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pBIGhNe1034869 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:43:23 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:43:18 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20111218104318.7157327c@cox.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: pkg_version and portversion: ports version comparison weirdness 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, 18 Dec 2011 16:43:38 -0000 Can anyone explain why I'm seeing the following? libX11-1.4.99.1 < needs updating (index has 1.4.4,1) How is it that version 1.4.99.1 compares as "less than" 1.4.4,1? Since when is 99 < 4? Is it the PORTEPOCH in 1.4.4,1 that's throwing a monkey wrench into the works? This makes no sense to me. What is the logic being applied here? -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net