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> Second, the port version I wrote is anachronic, since some people may
> have 1.46 installed (or prior 1.45.5 version, but PORT_REVISION can be
> used here so this is not an issue). What's the correct way (or least
> annoyance way) to handle this backtime travel?
See PORTEPOCH

Also, PORT_REVISION is PORTREVISION

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

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