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Date:      Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:12:08 +0000
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        FreeBSD ports <ports@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        eik@freeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: audio/festival
Message-ID:  <20050304221208.GC63289@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200503042140.j24LeiTW037994@shark.rtp.freebsd.org>
References:  <200503042140.j24LeiTW037994@shark.rtp.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 04:40:44PM -0500, chkversion wrote:
> ** The following ports have a version number that sorts before a previous one **
> 
>  For many package tools to work correctly, it is of utmost importance that
>  version numbers of a port form a monotonic increasing sequence over time.
>  Refer to the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook, 'Package Naming Conventions' for
>  more information. Tools that won't work include pkg_version, portupgrade
>  and portaudit. A common error is an accidental deletion of PORTEPOCH.
> 
>  Please fix any errors as soon as possible.
> 
> - *audio/festival* <trevor@FreeBSD.org>: festival-1.4.1_2 < festival-1.4.3
>    | revision 1.24
>    | date: 2005/03/04 15:20:28;  author: kris;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -1
>    | Restore previous port version (revert local change accidentally
>    | committed)
>    | 
>    | Submitted by:	Tod McQuillin <devin@spamcop.net>

Bah, the port is marked BROKEN before and after so this warning is
spurious.

Eik, are you around?

Kris 



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