Ports with version numbers going backwards: sysutils/fusefs-httpfs

Joseph A. Nagy, Jr jnagyjr1978 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 19 18:56:46 UTC 2013


On 02/19/13 12:52, 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.
>
>   The ports tree was updated at Tue Feb 19 2013 18:36:41 UTC.
>
> - *sysutils/fusefs-httpfs* <ports at FreeBSD.org>: fusefs-httpfs-2.0.1.5 < fusefs-httpfs-2.06.08.26
>
>
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I have a similar issue with ruby:

ruby-1.9.3.327,1                   >   succeeds port (port has 1.9,1)

CC'd to ruby@

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