Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird

2006-10-14 Thread Jeremy Messenger
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:00:27 -0500, Doug Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For future reference, take a look at how I handle this in the BIND ports. If you'd named the _port_ 0.3.a1_2, then when 0.3 comes out, pkg_version is smart enough to know that it's > 0.3.a*. It is too late, which in

Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird

2006-10-14 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 09:00:27PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > For future reference, take a look at how I handle this in the BIND > ports. If you'd named the _port_ 0.3.a1_2, then when 0.3 comes out, > pkg_version is smart enough to know that it's > 0.3.a*. > > hth, > > Doug > > PS, PORTEPOCH

Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird

2006-10-14 Thread Doug Barton
For future reference, take a look at how I handle this in the BIND ports. If you'd named the _port_ 0.3.a1_2, then when 0.3 comes out, pkg_version is smart enough to know that it's > 0.3.a*. hth, Doug PS, PORTEPOCH is evil, and must die. Jeremy Messenger wrote: Fixed by add PORTEPOCH, tha

Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird

2006-10-14 Thread Jeremy Messenger
Fixed by add PORTEPOCH, thanks for report. Cheers, Mezz On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:54:09 -0500, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ** The following ports have a version number that sorts before a previous one ** For many package tools to work correctly, it is of utmost importance that version numbe

Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird

2006-10-14 Thread erwin
** The following ports have a version number that sorts before a previous one ** For many package tools to work correctly, it is of utmost importance that version numbers of a port form a monotonic increasing sequence over time. Refer to the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook, 'Package Naming Convention