Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:27:19 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> Cc: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/portaudit-db/database portaudit.txt portaudit.xlist portaudit.xml Message-ID: <20040817182719.GB46244@madman.celabo.org> In-Reply-To: <0569BE5A-F07B-11D8-924A-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> References: <20040817175847.GC43426@madman.celabo.org> <0569BE5A-F07B-11D8-924A-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com>
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 08:26:56PM +0200, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: > epoch 0? 1970-01-01? Or the date vuxml was announced? This would be > easier to find than XXX, especially in a rendered version. Or just leave > the entry empty. > > Any constant will do, it could be easily rendered to `unknown'. I find a > non-constant value (date of entry) a bad choice it is more difficult to > test against (and could be correct). Yes, you are right, we just need a constant string like 'unknown' or 'unspecified'. > >By way of example, I've been using FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p1 == 4.7_1. I'm > >not entirely satisfied and I am open to suggestions. This part has been > >ill-specified. :-( > > Ehm, __FreeBSD_version? What's bad with that? Documented in the Porters > Handbook, and to find out. __FreeBSD_version is for developers, not users. Users need to see actual release numbers. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine / nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@freebsd.org
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