Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:50:31 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Michael Reifenberger <root@reifenberger.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Version numbering howto Message-ID: <20030823115031.GB571@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20030823104346.H14209@nihil.reifenberger.com> References: <20030823104346.H14209@nihil.reifenberger.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 10:50:29AM +0200, Michael Reifenberger wrote: > under ports/net/nitpicker we have Version 1.23. > Now there is a upgrade available for this software. > The author wants to go to a versionnumber 1.2.1 though > (1.23 was an internal revision number) > > Is it possible to migrate vom 1.23 -> 1.2.1 without grief? > Or do I have to use somthing like PORTEPOCH... Yeah, that's what PORTEPOCH is for. Just set it to 1 and it will see that 1.2.1,1 is newer than 1.23 > Patch (w/o PORTEPOCH) is attached. Please send-pr it. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030823115031.GB571>