On 1/23/21 6:02 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2021/01/23 17:37, Daniel Jakots wrote: >> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 17:31:51 -0500, Aisha Tammy >> <openbsd.po...@aisha.cc> wrote: >> >>> what the method is to move from a versioned package >>> to a dated package, as the dated packages would look like its a >>> downgrade >> >> Set EPOCH https://man.openbsd.org/bsd.port.mk#EPOCH >> > > This, plus if you're writing a new port for something which just has a > dated version, you can set e.g. 0.0.20210123 so that nearly any "real" > version will be "newer". > > (EPOCH is there if it's absolutely needed, but it causes problems too: > it's easily removed by mistake later [once set EPOCH can never be removed, > but sometimes people confuse it with REVISION], and when another port > sets a pkgspec to depend on a certain version, that has to use the full > version number including EPOCH - so if you can avoid future requirement > to use it, that's better). >
Will definitely keep in mind for future. Thanks! Aisha
