Hi, It comes back every now and then. Do below sentences make sense?
Index: ./share/man/man7/packages-specs.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/packages-specs.7,v retrieving revision 1.24 diff -u -r1.24 packages-specs.7 --- ./share/man/man7/packages-specs.7 12 Oct 2012 16:17:02 -0000 1.24 +++ ./share/man/man7/packages-specs.7 2 Dec 2013 18:07:47 -0000 @@ -145,11 +145,21 @@ .El .Pp In some rare cases, version numbering changes completely upstream. -A version style marker, of the form +A version style marker called epoch, of the form .Sq v0 , .Sq v1 ... can be appended to the version number (after the patch level) to denote the new numbering scheme. +Anything with +.Sq v0 +is more recent than anything without it. +Epoch marker is bumped only when version number goes backward, +and is needed for the package tools to know that package should be updated, +even if the version number is lower. +Once added to the package it can never go away nor be bumped down. +Besides using epoch marker when upstream changes numbering scheme, +it can also be used when package needs to be rolled back to older upstream +version. See .Ev EPOCH in @@ -257,7 +267,7 @@ .Pp If the flavor specification is left blank, any flavor will do. Note that most default package names don't contain flavor specification, -which means that any flavor will do +which means that any flavor will do. For instance, in .Bd -literal -offset indent LIB_DEPENDS = graphics/aalib -- best regards q#
