Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:06:38 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org, marcus@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird Message-ID: <20061015040638.GA42138@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <4531B25B.4020407@FreeBSD.org> References: <200610141754.k9EHs9So049404@builder.freebsd.org> <op.thfa3dy59aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <4531B25B.4020407@FreeBSD.org>
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--u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 09:00:27PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > For future reference, take a look at how I handle this in the BIND=20 > ports. If you'd named the _port_ 0.3.a1_2, then when 0.3 comes out,=20 > pkg_version is smart enough to know that it's > 0.3.a*. >=20 > hth, >=20 > Doug >=20 > PS, PORTEPOCH is evil, and must die. While it's true that a bit of forethought (and sometimes some creative renumbering when it's not too confusing) can often avoid the need for PORTEPOCH, as long as vendors do stupid numbering changes there'll always be a need for it. Kris --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFMbPNWry0BWjoQKURAicnAKCE+Kbp6P2zMazsFybEZGwxmefXbACg5cVJ q4jaN+ObmSAg3CXbJ6K5nBY= =efu8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24--
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