Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:36:01 +1100 From: "David Symonds" <dsymonds@gmail.com> To: "Mike Brown" <mike@skew.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to keep PORTVERSION from going backwards? Message-ID: <ee77f5c20611141636p695c7129j71f52921489b9128@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200611150025.kAF0PMdv080454@chilled.skew.org> References: <200611150025.kAF0PMdv080454@chilled.skew.org>
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On 11/15/06, Mike Brown <mike@skew.org> wrote: > How should I handle this? > > The software vendor version numbers go like this: > 1.0b3 (older release) > 1.0 (current release) > 1.0.1 (upcoming release) > > The port currently has PORTVERSION = 1.0.b3, and has not made use of > DISTVERSION. Use PORTEPOCH. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-naming.html#MAKEFILE-NAMING-REVEPOCH Dave. -- "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."
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