On Jan 11, 2008, at 16:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- <para>If an epoch is used it must must never be
decreased or reset
- to zero, because this would always cause a port version
comparison
- to be incorrect after a port upgrade.</para>
+ <para>An epoch is not needed for most ports. If an epoch
is used it
+ must never be decreased without updating the port's
version number;
+ this will cause port version comparisons to be
incorrect.</para>
I was led to believe that an epoch should never be decreased, ever,
once it has been added to a portfile, even if the port's version is
increased. I understood that the epoch takes precedence over the
version. Do you have new information to the contrary?
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