Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:16:50 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Doug Barton" <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org, marcus@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird Message-ID: <op.thf3ick89aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <4531B25B.4020407@FreeBSD.org> References: <200610141754.k9EHs9So049404@builder.freebsd.org> <op.thfa3dy59aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <4531B25B.4020407@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:00:27 -0500, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > For future reference, take a look at how I handle this in the BIND > ports. If you'd named the _port_ 0.3.a1_2, then when 0.3 comes out, > pkg_version is smart enough to know that it's > 0.3.a*. It is too late, which in the begin should have add DISTVERSION when "a1" was added before commit in the port. The DISTVERSION will turning it into 0.3.a1. > hth, > > Doug > > PS, PORTEPOCH is evil, and must die. Maybe, but we don't have any choice. Cheers, Mezz > Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> Fixed by add PORTEPOCH, thanks for report. >> Cheers, >> Mezz >> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:54:09 -0500, <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. >>> >>> - *deskutils/sunbird* <gnome@FreeBSD.org>: sunbird-0.3 < >>> sunbird-0.3a1_2 >>> | revision 1.9 >>> | date: 2006/10/14 08:52:42; author: marcus; state: Exp; lines: >>> +16 -21 >>> | Chase the GNOME X11BASE to LOCALBASE move, and fix the build with >>> the >>> | new freetype2 where needed. >>> | >>> | Submitted by: mezz, ahze, pav, and many others >>> | Approved by: portmgr (implicit, kris) >> --mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org >> FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) >> http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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