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Date:      Wed, 18 May 2005 07:27:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      David Yeske <dyeske@yahoo.com>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Fwd: Ports with version numbers going backwards: x11/electricsheep
Message-ID:  <20050518142707.15405.qmail@web31006.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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What is the best way to fix this?  How about bumping PORTREVISION?

--- chkversion <kris@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> From chkversion Wed May 18 01:33:27 2005
> Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 04:33:27 -0400 (EDT)
> From: chkversion <kris@FreeBSD.org>
> To: FreeBSD ports <kris@FreeBSD.org>
> CC: bms@FreeBSD.org, dyeske@yahoo.com
> Subject: Ports with version numbers going backwards: x11/electricsheep
> 
> ** The following ports have a version number that sorts before a previous one
> **
> 
>  For many package tools to work correctly, it is of utmost importance that
>  version numbers of a port form a monotonic increasing sequence over time.
>  Refer to the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook, 'Package Naming Conventions' for
>  more information. Tools that won't work include pkg_version, portupgrade
>  and portaudit. A common error is an accidental deletion of PORTEPOCH.
> 
>  Please fix any errors as soon as possible.
> 
> - *x11/electricsheep* <dyeske@yahoo.com>: electricsheep-2.6 <
> electricsheep-2.6b7
>    | revision 1.19
>    | date: 2005/05/17 16:44:55;  author: bms;  state: Exp;  lines: +1 -1
>    | Update to 2.6 point release.
> 
> 
> 

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