Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:18:39 +0900 (JST) From: KIMURA Yasuhiro <yasu@utahime.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: stas@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Incorrect version comparison Message-ID: <20070405.091839.118426469.yasu@utahime.org> In-Reply-To: <20070404193443.GA63066@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <C95CD98B-6DA5-4062-900B-D192902BC215@student.chalmers.se> <20070404193443.GA63066@xor.obsecurity.org>
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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Incorrect version comparison Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:34:43 -0400 > > My daily cronscript reported this morning that there was a new > > version of ruby+pthreads: > > ruby+pthreads-1.8.5.12,1 < needs updating (index has > > 1.8.6,1) > > > > However, when I was about to upgrade it, it didn't appear in the list > > of outdated ports. Instead I saw this output from portversion: > > ruby+pthreads-1.8.5.12,1 > succeeds port (port has 1.8.6) > > > > It appears that (1.8.6,1) has been replaced by (1.8.6) during the day > > and this has inaccurately taged my (1.8.5)-installation as newer than > > the one in ports. What might be the cause of this? > > Someone mistakenly dropped the portepoch from the port? I sent PR of this problem (ports/111209) but idea of fixing seems wrong (or does not work as is expected). --- KIMURA Yasuhiro
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