Re: [gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons

[Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>]

* Jim Ramsay <i.am@jimramsay.com> wrote:

<snip>

> Then you could do:
> 
>  >=dev-db/mysql-4.2
> 
> This would allow any mysql-4.1.*, including 4.1.20-r1 and 4.1.99
> 
> Though you do raise a good point... it would be nice to specify a "real
> upstream version number" differently from the Gentoo "interim release
> number" such as -r2.  Can you think of a sane way to do that?

Simply normalize the version numbers to a fixed amount of digit 
and use another one for gentoo's revisions ?

I'm using 4 digits at my own buildsystem, but sometimes the upstream
requires them all for itself, so we need some more, ie. 6

<snip>

> Masking
>  >dev-db/mysql-4.1.20+
> should allow mysql-4.1.20-r1 but not mysql-4.1.21

"=dev-db/mysql-4.1.20.*" seems to be cleaner to me.

Maybe 

"=dev-db/mysql-4.2.20" could be considered equal.


cu
-- 
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Enrico Weigelt    ==   metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce:
 	http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce
 Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions:
	http://patches.metux.de/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list