Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:44:18 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/pkg_install-devel Makefile distinfo Message-ID: <20040416174418.GC50670@madman.celabo.org> In-Reply-To: <20040416173857.GA50670@madman.celabo.org> References: <200404160124.i3G1OlUd067575@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040416163635.GB49780@madman.celabo.org> <4080151C.1070200@fillmore-labs.com> <20040416173857.GA50670@madman.celabo.org>
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On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 12:38:57PM -0500, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 07:17:16PM +0200, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: > > Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > > > > >On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 06:24:47PM -0700, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: > > > > > >> Introduce '*' as the lowest possible version number, so that > > >> >=2.* <3.* > > >> matches all 2.X versions, even alpha. > > > > > >How is this different from ` >=2.a <3.a ' ? > > > > It matches 2.a.b, does not match 3.a.b2 > > *scratches head* I still don't see a difference. > > 2.a <= 2.a.b < 3.a > 2.a <= 3.a < 3.a.b2 *blink* Oh, wait, I got that wrong. 2.a > 2.a.b and 3.a > 3.a.b2. Except that version names such as `2.a.b' and `3.a.b2' are unacceptable. > > and is more similar to >=2.X than >= 2.a is. > > How so? Maybe you mean to say that 2.a > 2.* ? > I find that rather confusing. I think I'm with you now. `*' is not a version number, but a glob? Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine / nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@freebsd.org
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