Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:42:26 +0100 From: Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com> To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: portscout - new distfile scanner Message-ID: <20060404104226.GD751@picobyte.net> In-Reply-To: <44324AD3.8070809@gmx.de> References: <20060403190532.GA966@picobyte.net> <20060404094549.GA751@picobyte.net> <44324AD3.8070809@gmx.de>
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On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:30:43PM +0200, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
>
> > Someone noted that portscout found 0.811 as a update for 0.9 --
> > unfortunately, when I tried to account for weird versions like this
> > before, it didn't work out well at all. So, for now, portscout assumes
> > version numbers count up.
>
> Which would be correct according to the porters handbook. So this is an
> error in the port, because the number should be 0.8.11 or portepoch
> needs to be increased.
>
The version string used is from the port's DISTNAME or DISTVERSION
values; the version in ports format is not much use, unfortunately -
which means portscout has to deal with all the weird and wonderful
schemes vendors come up with.
--
Shaun Amott [ PGP: 0x6B387A9A ]
Scientia Est Potentia.
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