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Date:      Sat, 22 May 2010 08:13:34 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/emacs Makefile
Message-ID:  <20100522081334.GA16276@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <87y6fc1jxd.fsf@kobe.laptop>
References:  <201005211951.o4LJp46e084250@repoman.freebsd.org> <yge1vd4h5zr.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <87bpc832m4.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20100522063751.GA87869@FreeBSD.org> <87y6fc1jxd.fsf@kobe.laptop>

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On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:21:02AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On Sat, 22 May 2010 06:37:51 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 08:52:03AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> >> Does this patch look ok?
> >
> > No, it does not.  PORTEPOCH could never go backwards or be reset.  It is
> > the way we deal when version scheme changes so "newer" version is less
> > than "old", or when for some reason port must be downgraded (yes, these
> > things happen from time to time).
> >
> > You should have bumped PORTREVISION (wraps every version update, thus
> > being cheap), but now it's probably too late: accidental errors like
> > this should normally be reverted in a matter of minutes.
> >
> > Please refer to relevant PHB chapters for gory details, and be careful
> > next time.
> 
> Argh.  So can we just commit the bsd.port.pre.mk bits?  The OSVERSION
> check is important for 6.X users.

Yeah, I guess they can be committed.  But better ask maintainer first.
I merely commented on PORTEPOCH vs. PORTREVISION issue.

./danfe



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