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Date:      Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:21:32 +0000
From:      James Raftery <james@now.ie>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to make minor changes
Message-ID:  <20061031182132.GC16835@morbo.kerna.ie>
In-Reply-To: <E0FF021CC6B63120C8C35D09@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
References:  <E0FF021CC6B63120C8C35D09@utd59514.utdallas.edu>

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On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 12:04:34PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> If I submit PRs for this, do I have to set PORTREVISION to 1?  Or does it 
> matter for such a minor change?

Incrementing PORTREVISION would invite users to `upgrade' their port. A
change to COMMENT does not warrant users reinstalling the port and so
does not warrant a change to PORTREVISION.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-naming.html#MAKEFILE-NAMING-REVEPOCH


james
-- 
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