Ports with version numbers going backwards: sysutils/fusefs-httpfs
Joseph A. Nagy, Jr
jnagyjr1978 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 19 19:57:44 UTC 2013
On 02/19/13 13:48, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 19 February 2013 18:56, Joseph A. Nagy, Jr <jnagyjr1978 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> I have a similar issue with ruby:
>>
>> ruby-1.9.3.327,1 > succeeds port (port has 1.9,1)
>>
>> CC'd to ruby@
>
> I'm guessing you're using portversion? Is the pkgdb up to date?
>
> [crees at pegasus]~% make -f /usr/ports/lang/ruby19/Makefile -VPORTVERSION
> 1.9.3.385
>
> Chris
>
No, pkg version in a crontab entry from which I also update ports nightly:
00 01 * * * root /usr/local/bin/svn up
/usr/ports; /usr/sbin/pkg version -vL= > /root/updated-pkg-list
(before anyone asks, despite having PATH defined, I still need to put
full path on commands, dunno why)
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Joseph A Nagy Jr
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