Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:24:48 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> Cc: Bill Coffman <bill.coffman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: port versions Message-ID: <20050119142448.GD33158@iib.unsam.edu.ar> In-Reply-To: <20050119032851.5d402a3e@it.buh.tecnik93.com> References: <6f9c15f8050118105132e37e02@mail.gmail.com> <41ED88C0.1090805@FreeBSD.org> <6f9c15f805011817175e3e821@mail.gmail.com> <20050119032851.5d402a3e@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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+----[ Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> (18.Jan.2005 22:33): | | > Since we're on the subject, I was wondering about other conventions | > for port versions. Sometimes it's "_1" or "_2" and sometimes it's | > like "p5-DBD-mysql40-2.9004_1". Is there any reason for all these, or | > are they just left to the variable discretion of the port maintainer? | | No. Reason: | | /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-naming.html | +----] I don't have it by that name, but under /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/x400.html As already explained in a previous message, everything that is added after the port version, either in the package name or when registering the port (usually in /var/db/pkg), come from different variables defined in the ports Makefile PORTNAME= abc PORTVERSION= x gets added after portname as -x (abc-x) PORTREVISION= y gets added as _y (abc-x_y) PORTEPOCH= z gets added as ,z (abc-x_y,z) Fernan
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