* Jim Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip>
> Then you could do: > > >=dev-db/mysql-4.2 > > This would allow any mysql-4.1.*, including 4.1.20-r1 and 4.1.99 > > Though you do raise a good point... it would be nice to specify a "real > upstream version number" differently from the Gentoo "interim release > number" such as -r2. Can you think of a sane way to do that? Simply normalize the version numbers to a fixed amount of digit and use another one for gentoo's revisions ? I'm using 4 digits at my own buildsystem, but sometimes the upstream requires them all for itself, so we need some more, ie. 6 <snip> > Masking > >dev-db/mysql-4.1.20+ > should allow mysql-4.1.20-r1 but not mysql-4.1.21 "=dev-db/mysql-4.1.20.*" seems to be cleaner to me. Maybe "=dev-db/mysql-4.2.20" could be considered equal. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
