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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [ANN] Multiple version suffixes illegal in gentoo-x86
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:54:05
Message-Id: 20070425085118.7d6948ba@snowflake
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [ANN] Multiple version suffixes illegal in gentoo-x86 by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:31:48 -0700
2 "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote:
3 > printf "_rc%d%04d%02d%02d",$RC,$YEAR,$MONTH,$DAY
4
5 Funnily enough... If we're going by PMS drafts, that's illegal whereas
6 multiple suffixes are legal. PMS permits multiple suffixes, but limits
7 any individual version component to eight digits to avoid problems with
8 integer overflows, floating point precision etc.
9
10 --
11 Ciaran McCreesh

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