that actually conforms to the Porters Handbook.
Add a -t option to pkg_version(1) for doing comparison testing.
Add a script (and make test target) to do some regression tests on
the package number comparison routine, to help debug future revisions.
Submitted by: knu
Procrastination by: bmah
user actually editing the output. Too many people were rampantly abusing
this feature via "pkg_version -c | sh" without really being cognizant
of the dangers involved (ports upgrade kits) or the fact that it
just plain wasn't designed for it (dependencies). We'll try to keep
people from shooting themselves in the foot.
Will be MFC-ed to RELENG_4 and RELENG_3 after cooling-off period.
the exact relationship between an installed package and its
corresponding entry in the index file can't be determined.
Submitted by: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
introduced by version 1.349 of ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk and originally
submitted by kris.
In particular, it understands the $PORTREVISION (FreeBSD-specific changes
or patches to a port) and $PORTEPOCH (for re-sorting version numbers
when not used or when broken).
Add the submitter as a contributor in the man page
freebsd -> FreeBSD, while I'm poking around.
PR: bin/15162
Submitted by: Dominic Mitchell <dom@palmerharvey.co.uk>
pkg_version (as you may well know) matches the existing packages/ports
installed on your system with the ports INDEX and reports which
ports differ from the current INDEX.
Submitted by: Bruce A. Mah <CA.Sandia.GOV>
Reviewed by: ports
