From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 4 17:32:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8A5316A423 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 17:32:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [207.200.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7189243D5C for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 17:32:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 860CB539E; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 12:32:30 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 12:32:30 -0500 To: shaun@inerd.com Message-ID: <20060404173230.GA8465@soaustin.net> References: <20060403190532.GA966@picobyte.net> <20060404094549.GA751@picobyte.net> <44324AD3.8070809@gmx.de> <20060404104226.GD751@picobyte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060404104226.GD751@picobyte.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) Cc: "\[LoN\]Kamikaze" , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: portscout - new distfile scanner 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: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:32:31 -0000 On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 11:42:26AM +0100, Shaun Amott wrote: > The version string used is from the port's DISTNAME or DISTVERSION > values; the version in ports format is not much use, unfortunately - > which means portscout has to deal with all the weird and wonderful > schemes vendors come up with. I hope you're using pkg_version -t (my first attempt at writing something like this a year or two ago used that). If not, you're going to go crazy. mcl