Ports with version numbers going backwards: net-p2p/azureus2

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 01:34:08AM +0800, Rong-En Fan wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 05:31:49PM +0000, 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.
> 
> As I noted in commit log, this port is just repocopied and not
> connected to build. The is intentional.

If it is not connected to the build then how is it showing up here?  I
thought the script used INDEX builds for comparison.

Kris

> 
> Regards,
> Rong-En Fan
> 
> >  The ports tree was updated at Sat Jul 21 2007 16:32:01 UTC.
> > 
> > - *net-p2p/azureus2* <rnoland at 2hip.net>: azureus2-2.5.0.4 < azureus-3.0.1.6
> >    | revision 1.46
> >    | date: 2007/07/21 03:12:36;  author: rafan;  state: Exp;  lines: +4 -5
> >    | - Downgrade to 2.5.0.4. No PORTEPOCH is required since this port was just
> >    |   copied from net-p2p/azureus and it's not connected to build yet.
> >    | 
> >    | PR:		ports/114486
> >    | Submitted by:	Robert Noland <rnoland at 2hip.net>
> > 
> > 
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