[HEADS UP] Tcl/Tk moves to the USES framework

David Wolfskill david at catwhisker.org
Thu Sep 19 20:06:15 UTC 2013


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:00:28PM +0200, Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> ...
> > > >  PORTVERSION=	6.4.4
> > > > +PORTEPOCH=	1
> > > 
> > > why this?
> > 
> > To cause portmaster (et al.) to see the port as newer than it had been.
> > 
> > Not necessary, and some might (reasonably) claim that rebuilding a port
> > merely for this type of infrastructure change is ... well, silly (at
> > best). :-}
> 
> I see, the thing is, PORTEPOCH can never be reverted. If you really want
> to mark this change, I suggest you use PORTREVISION instead..

Ah; thanks.  Probably won't mark it, then.

> > > Yep, there was an issue on != CURRENT. It's fixed as of r327631.
> > > ...
> > 
> > OK; I'll hold off until tomorrow, then.  Thanks!
> 
> Sounds good, sorry for the annoyance!
> ...

Eh -- maybe this will have been the worst thing to happen today, in
which case, it will have been a wonderful day! :-)  (No problem; a
handful more hours isn't likely to make a huge difference.)

Peace,
david
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