how to keep PORTVERSION from going backwards?

[Shaun Amott]

On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 05:25:21PM -0700, Mike Brown wrote:
> 
> How should I handle this?
> 
> The software vendor version numbers go like this:
> 1.0b3 (older release)
> 1.0 (current release)
> 1.0.1 (upcoming release)
> 
> The port currently has PORTVERSION = 1.0.b3, and has not made use of 
> DISTVERSION.
> 
> What's a good way to set PORTVERSION (and DISTVERSION, if needed) when I
> update the port to the current and upcoming releases? I don't want the
> PORTVERSION to go backwards. I assume that's what would happen if I set
> it to just match the vendor's version numbers, and I assume that's bad.
> 

In this case, there is nothing special required, if you want to continue
with the versions listed -- just set PORTVERSION. You can verify that
the numbers sort correctly like so:

% pkg_version -t 1.0.b3 1.0
<
% pkg_version -t 1.0 1.0.1
<

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Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin
of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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