Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:36:52 -0400 From: AlanE <alane@geeksrus.net> To: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de> Cc: knu@idaemons.org, dinoex@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcl84 port version Message-ID: <20021015113652.GA90541@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <20021015124252.K54193-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de> References: <20021015124252.K54193-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de>
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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
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