Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 08:31:15 -0500 From: Paul Fox <pgf@American.COM> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: package names Message-ID: <199512091331.IAA00103@mozart.american.com> In-Reply-To: asami's message of Fri, 08 Dec 1995 17:55:26 -0800. <199512090155.RAA14926@forgery.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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> However, I'm not sure how we can add this without potential clashes
> with the original versions. For instance, there ARE xv-3.10a,
> Xaw3d-1.2a, etc., on the original master sites...also, letters as `a'
> or `b' are often used to mean "alpha" "beta" and such, or small
> changes (like in the case of xv and Xaw3d examples).
doesn't this problem exist? there is already the potential
for a name clash between the freebsd package name and the name of the
distribution on the original site (though i assume this tends to be avoided
during the original port). seems like you'd need to add something more
descriptive to the name (e.g. xv-3.10a.freebsd-pkg1.1.tgz :-) to avoid
it.
paul
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paul fox american internet corporation
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