Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:21:15 -0700 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports/Version Numbers Message-ID: <33679BAB.5FA@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> References: <3.0.32.19970430093850.00fc1c10@dimaga.com>
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Eivind Eklund wrote: > > Why are we using version numbers as parts of our port-names? This allow > overwriting part of an existing port (e.g. samba 1.9.14) with a new version > of the same port, and with no warnings. Are there any benefits beyond the > fact that the presently installed version number is obvious (which we > probably could fix anyway)? > 1) Not all ports report their version. It's good to know the current version so you can pkg_delete the previous one. 2) The maintainer may want to port a beta and want's to make it distinguishable from the release. The problem you mention and the so called "fix" is not obvious and has caused problems with Tkl/Tk and other ports before. AIX's pkg_add replaces existing binaries but leaves a "*.orig" copy of the first package, JIC you want to go back. --Pedro. > Eivind
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