Re: Understanding port version numbering

From: Lowell Gilbert (freebsd-questions-local_at_be-well.ilk.org)
Date: 04/30/05

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    To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
    Date: 30 Apr 2005 15:14:13 -0400
    
    

    Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> writes:

    > Is there any particular scheme for ports using decimals, commas, and/or
    > underscores in the version numbers? Is there any way to tell if it means a
    > patch level, a FreeBSD-port only update, and so on?

    Sure. See the Porters' Handbook.

    Also look at the checkin comments for the port Makefile...
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