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Date:      30 Apr 2005 15:14:13 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Understanding port version numbering
Message-ID:  <44br7wulfe.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050430173513.GA39341@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
References:  <20050430173513.GA39341@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> writes:

> Is there any particular scheme for ports using decimals, commas, and/or
> underscores in the version numbers?  Is there any way to tell if it means a
> patch level, a FreeBSD-port only update, and so on?

Sure.  See the Porters' Handbook.

Also look at the checkin comments for the port Makefile...



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