From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Oct 15 4:37:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C677837B404; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 04:37:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (wwweasel.geeksrus.net [64.8.210.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2546243EAF; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 04:37:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alane@wwweasel.geeksrus.net) Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (alane@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9FBaqj4097487; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:36:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from alane@wwweasel.geeksrus.net) Received: (from alane@localhost) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9FBaqog097486; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:36:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from alane) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:36:52 -0400 From: AlanE To: Harti Brandt Cc: knu@idaemons.org, dinoex@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcl84 port version Message-ID: <20021015113652.GA90541@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> Reply-To: alane@geeksrus.net References: <20021015124252.K54193-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021015124252.K54193-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de> X-message-flag: Magic 8-Ball says "Outlook not so good." I'll ask it about Exchange next. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:50:31PM +0200, Harti Brandt wrote: > >Hi, > >I just tried to use portupgrade on my ports. There seems to be a problem >in the interpretation of port version numbers that manifests itself in the >tcl84 port. The port has been recently upgraded from 8.4b2 to 8.4.0. >pkg_version interprets 8.4b2 < 8.4.0 and thinks I should upgrade, whereas >portversion interprets 8.4.0 < 8.4b2 and portupdate asks me if I really The 8.4b2 should have been 8.4.b.2 according to porting handbook. Now, the damage has been done, and a PORTEPOCH needs to be added to force the comparison to go the right way. IOW, IMO, portversion is right. -- Alan Eldridge Unix/C(++) IT Pro, 20 yrs, seeking new employment. (http://wwweasel.geeksrus.net/~alane/resume.txt) KDE, KDE-FreeBSD Teams (http://www.kde.org, http://freebsd.kde.org/) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message