On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 02:29:58PM +0200, Bjorn Ketelaars wrote: > tb@ pointed out that the recent update of borgbackup/2.0 > (2.0.0b9->2.0.0b12) causes pkg tools to think the version went > backwards. Issue is caused by me thinking that 'b' is supported as > special version string. As a result from lexicographically sorting > 2.0.0b9 is seen as newer than 2.0.0b12. > > Solution has also been pointed out by tb@: Fix this by setting PKGNAME > to include the supported 'beta' string and setting EPOCH. > > Tested by upgrading from 2.0.0b9 and 2.0.0b12. > > OK?
As annoying as it is, I don't think there's a better way of handling this. I wonder if this is a trap that should be flagged by portcheck or even the package tools proper. Assuming borgbackup 2.0.0 is ever released, EPOCH would have been needed at that point in any case. ok tb
