Ports with version numbers going backwards: deskutils/sunbird

[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, thanks for report.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mezz
> 
> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:54:09 -0500, <erwin at FreeBSD.org> 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 numbers of a port form a monotonic increasing sequence over 
>> time.
>>  Refer to the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook, 'Package Naming Conventions' for
>>  more information. Tools that won't work include pkg_version, portupgrade
>>  and portaudit. A common error is an accidental deletion of PORTEPOCH.
>>
>>  Please fix any errors as soon as possible.
>>
>> - *deskutils/sunbird* <gnome at FreeBSD.org>: sunbird-0.3 < sunbird-0.3a1_2
>>    | revision 1.9
>>    | date: 2006/10/14 08:52:42;  author: marcus;  state: Exp;  lines: 
>> +16 -21
>>    | Chase the GNOME X11BASE to LOCALBASE move, and fix the build with 
>> the
>>    | new freetype2 where needed.
>>    |
>>    | Submitted by:    mezz, ahze, pav, and many others
>>    | Approved by:    portmgr (implicit, kris)
> 
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