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* Jim Ramsay <i.am@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Then you could do: |
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> >=dev-db/mysql-4.2 |
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> This would allow any mysql-4.1.*, including 4.1.20-r1 and 4.1.99 |
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> Though you do raise a good point... it would be nice to specify a "real |
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> upstream version number" differently from the Gentoo "interim release |
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> number" such as -r2. Can you think of a sane way to do that? |
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Simply normalize the version numbers to a fixed amount of digit |
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and use another one for gentoo's revisions ? |
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I'm using 4 digits at my own buildsystem, but sometimes the upstream |
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requires them all for itself, so we need some more, ie. 6 |
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> Masking |
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> >dev-db/mysql-4.1.20+ |
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> should allow mysql-4.1.20-r1 but not mysql-4.1.21 |
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"=dev-db/mysql-4.1.20.*" seems to be cleaner to me. |
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Maybe |
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"=dev-db/mysql-4.2.20" could be considered equal. |
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cu |
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