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Date:      Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:08:21 +0300
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Handling tarballs with no version
Message-ID:  <3ADF45B5.8D0F88D7@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20010419125305.A48871@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>

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Glenn Johnson wrote:

> I have a port that I maintain that does not use a version number in
> the tar file.  If I update the port and bump either the PORTVERSION or
> PORTREVISION variable, then users who have the port installed will get
> a CHECKSUM mismatch when doing an upgrade.  How can I force the update
> of the distfile when one installs the port?  I was thinking that running
> the distclean target prior to fetch would work but what is the cleanest
> way to implement that?

Contact original author of software and ask him/her to assign some
meaningful version number to the tarball in question. All other options suck
badly.

-Maxim


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