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From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
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Subject: Re: Understanding port version numbering
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On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 03:14:13PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> writes:
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: > 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.

Ah, portepoch is the explanation I was looking for.  Thanks!


jm
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