Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 16:50:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/games/xlines Makefile ports/games/xlines/patches patch-aa Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009161649450.52456-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200009162321.LAA17226@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Dan Langille wrote:
> On 16 Sep 2000, at 16:16, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> > Portrevision is used when the end product changes in such a way that
> > people may want to know about the newer version and update. So if you
> > modify a patch such that it functionally affects the binary, you should
> > bump it - whether or not the patch is new is immaterial.
>
> And doesn't pkg_version use this information? If so, people would never
> know about the upgrade/path unless they were on this list.
Yes, pkg_version uses the information. It will show that there's a newer
version of the port available when someone increases PORTREVISION,
otherwise it will still flag it as being "up to date". That's one of the
major reasons for doing this in the first place.
Kris
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