Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 03:34:07 EET From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org, marcus@marcuscom.com Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bison port Message-ID: <200112110134.DAA23251@ipcard.iptcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20011210141716.A36250@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:17:16 -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 05:12:19PM -0500, Joe Clarke wrote: > > According to the Porter's Handbook, PORTEPOCH never goes away. This > > number can never be decremented....unless you rename the port, I guess. > > I believe the assumption there is that the version number will never > surpase some previous value. That is not the case here. No, there is no such assumption. PORTEPOCH needs to be increased unconditionally each time when PORTREVISION for some reason is decreased and should never be decreased (or deleted which simply sets it to 0) even if underlying PORTVERSION has increased above the level at which PORTEPOCH was introduced. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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