package version scheme

[Mathieu Arnold]

+--On 1 septembre 2015 14:08:09 -0700 Xin Li <delphij at delphij.net> wrote:
| Hi,
| 
| I hit a conflict between pkg behavior and the Porters' handbook, it
| confused me.
| 
| In this example:
| 
| https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefi
| le-distfiles.html#idp59327440
| 
| The handbook suggested that the right PORTVERSION should be 0.7.1.d if
| DISTVERSION is 0.7.1d.
| 
| However, pkg version -t 0.7.1 0.7.1.d gives me >, suggesting that 0.7.1
| -> 0.7.1.d would be considered as a downgrade.

Yes, it is.

You should set:

PORTVERSION= 0.7.1d

# pkg version -t 0.7.1 0.7.1d
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(please, try to not cc portmgr and external lists.)
-- 
Mathieu Arnold
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