Re: nb suffix to package names

2009-05-21 Thread Bill Hacker
Archimedes Gaviola wrote: On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Saifi Khan saifi.k...@twincling.org wrote: Hi: Noticed that some of the packages installed from the dfly 2.2.1 DVD have 'nb' suffixes, for example: xconsole-1.0.3nb1 shared-mime-info-0.51nb2 rxvt-unicode-8.3nb4 Two questions here: .

Re: nb suffix to package names

2009-05-21 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
Two questions here: . what does the 'nb' suffix mean ? . what is the interpretation of the number after 'nb' ? No idea what current use is, but a NetBSD sub-ID similar to a more generic 'p(X) patchlevel does look to be a reasonable fit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nota_bene It

Re: nb suffix to package names

2009-05-20 Thread Archimedes Gaviola
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Saifi Khan saifi.k...@twincling.org wrote: Hi: Noticed that some of the packages installed from the dfly 2.2.1 DVD have 'nb' suffixes, for example: xconsole-1.0.3nb1 shared-mime-info-0.51nb2 rxvt-unicode-8.3nb4 Two questions here:  . what does the 'nb'