Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:52:53 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal: PORTREVISION and PORTEPOCH Message-ID: <20000828205253.Q73638@radon.gryphonsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <vqcn1hwn8gw.fsf@bubble.hip.berkeley.edu>; from asami@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 06:48:15PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008200434470.24448-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <vqc4s44oocq.fsf@bubble.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000828202407.N73638@radon.gryphonsoft.com> <vqcn1hwn8gw.fsf@bubble.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 06:48:15PM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > Um, '.' won't work because PORTEPOCH could be there without > PORTREVISION, making it indistinguishable with normal version numbers. Hehe, oops. :) > Ok. I hope you will follow through with it, this wouldn't be the > first time (or second time) someone proposed something like > this.... ;) Yeah, I know. But this time I think I hit the jackpot on how to solve a large number of ports problems. :> I need to get my thoughts together, so please don't ask me exactly what I'm thinking of doing, in any form. ;) In the meantime, please implement PORTEPOCH/PORTREVISION. I don't think the bash thing is a big deal, since we're using sh in make(1). -- Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> <will@FreeBSD.org> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+ a--- C++ UB++++$ P+ L- E--- W+ N-- !o ?K w--- O- M+ V- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X+ R+ tv+ b++ DI+++ D+ G++ e>++++ h! r- y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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