Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:17:27 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: erwin@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: misc/zoneinfo Message-ID: <20061127211727.GE90162@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <200611271904.kARJ4IDX021034@builder.freebsd.org> References: <200611271904.kARJ4IDX021034@builder.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 07:04:18PM +0000, erwin@FreeBSD.org 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. > > The ports tree was updated at Mon Nov 27 2006 15:00:45 UTC. > > - *misc/zoneinfo* <edwin@mavetju.org>: zoneinfo-1 < zoneinfo-2006.o That's an interesting side effect of combining DISTVERSION and PORTREVISION... Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/
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