#17041: port livecheck makes faulty version comparison ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: devans@macports.org | Owner: macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts base bugs Component: base | Version: 1.7.0 Resolution: | Keywords: livecheck Port: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Comment(by pguyot@kallisys.net): Exactly. As the original designer of the livecheck feature, I did not want to compare version at all except for equality. At some point, version ordering was introduced, but this masks other problem in the livecheck configuration (the source may be incorrect or outdated as Ryan suggests). What could be changed is the error message so it makes more sense (glibmm seems to be updated (port version: 2.18.2; livecheck version: 2.14.2). Please note that freshmeat is just one of the sensible default values, because we need good default sources for livecheck adoption. In the case of glibmm, the solution is to use another source, e.g. the home page with a good regex. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17041#comment:7> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS