Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:30:28 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/shells/bash Makefile pkg-plist Message-ID: <20090324043028.GA34952@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20090324012325.GB1292@atarininja.org> References: <200903120954.n2C9s2ev063133@repoman.freebsd.org> <20090313023956.GA49511@dragon.NUXI.org> <49BA52D2.8090209@FreeBSD.org> <20090323231412.GA94221@hub.freebsd.org> <20090324012325.GB1292@atarininja.org>
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On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 09:23:25PM -0400, Wesley Shields wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:14:13PM +0000, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 01:34:26PM +0100, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > > David O'Brien wrote: > > > >There is zero reason to force a reinstall for a PLIST change. > > > >Either the port is already installed (and the user can wait for > > > >some other reason to update), or the port isn't installed and > > > >bumping PORTREVISION does nothing. > > > > > > It's needed for package cluster, otherwise it does not know to rebuild > > > and will serve incomplete package forever. > > > > Is there ever a change then that doesn't require a bump in either > > PORTREVISION or PORTVERSION? .. > Just changing the maintainer should not require the user to do anything. That is the only case I can think of. Even changing the comment or pkg-descr should have its PORTREVISION bumped in order to get a new package built so users have the fresh description. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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