Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 06:06:17 +0900 From: "Akinori MUSHA" <knu@iDaemons.org> To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/vim6 Makefile distinfo pkg-plist Message-ID: <861yqod2gm.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org> In-Reply-To: <20010419122255.B29435@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200104111956.f3BJukl93003@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010419140501.A253@jive.44bsd.net> <8666g0d8ws.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org> <20010419122255.B29435@dragon.nuxi.com>
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At Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:22:56 -0700,
o`brien wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 03:46:59AM +0900, Akinori MUSHA wrote:
> > > Should PORTEPOCH be used here? 6.0[b-z] > 6.0aa
>
> Is it really?
Yes. 6.0z wins over 6.0aa because the "b" part and the "aa" part are
compared as words, in lexical order.
> I need the exact line, as I'm not the most up on the proper values to
> use.
A .[a-z] prefix indicates it's a pre-release (alpha, beta, pre, etc.),
while [a-z] prefixes mean patchlevels.
1.0.a < 1.0.a2 < 1.0.b < 1.0 < 1.0a
> I plan to leave things alone and I'll make any adjustments on the 6.0ab
> upgrade.
>
> Question, why haven't someone brought this up before? I've done the
> letter thing for a long time now.
In fact, pkg_version started to conform to the rules written in the
Handbook only lately. Were pkg_version away, ports would play. ;)
Unfortunately, pkg_version has just been found to be wrong in some
cases, but will be fixed soon..
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