From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 27 21:26:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7199316A64F; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:26:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail4out.barnet.com.au (mail4.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.125]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DD0044186; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:16:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail4out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4842A37BB24; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:17:28 +1100 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <456B55E800014420D1666C@BarNet> Received: from mail4auth.barnet.com.au (mail4.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.125]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail4.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0353D422549; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:17:28 +1100 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (k7.mavetju.org [10.251.1.18]) by mail4auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3C5037B920; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:17:27 +1100 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7FF2AFA; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:17:27 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:17:27 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: erwin@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20061127211727.GE90162@k7.mavetju> References: <200611271904.kARJ4IDX021034@builder.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200611271904.kARJ4IDX021034@builder.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: misc/zoneinfo 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: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:26:08 -0000 On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 07:04:18PM +0000, 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. > > The ports tree was updated at Mon Nov 27 2006 15:00:45 UTC. > > - *misc/zoneinfo* : zoneinfo-1 < zoneinfo-2006.o That's an interesting side effect of combining DISTVERSION and PORTREVISION... Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/