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On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 02:54:26AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> Can someone please explain to me why fixing a plist necessitates bumping
> portrevision? If I already have the port installed, the plist is already
> broken. There is nothing about this fix that makes me want to reinstall
> the port.
> 
> IMO, people bump portrevision WAY WAY too often, causing a lot of wasted
> time for people needlessly updating ports that work exactly the same
> after the upgrade.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sergey A. Osokin <osa@FreeBSD.org>
> To: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:10:13 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: cvs commit: ports/graphics/netpbm Makefile
> 
> osa         2003/08/29 06:10:13 PDT
> 
>   FreeBSD ports repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     graphics/netpbm      Makefile
>   Log:
>   Bump PORTREVISION, which I forgot to do in previous commit (fix pkg-plist).
> 
>   Notify from:    sf
> 
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.77      +1 -0      ports/graphics/netpbm/Makefile

My answer is a very simply.  From "Porter's Handbook":
<quote>
Examples of when PORTREVISION should be bumped:
...
Changes in the packing list...
</quote>

Please tell me where is my fault.

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