[31909] trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml
markd at macports.org
markd at macports.org
Tue Dec 11 12:05:09 PST 2007
Revision: 31909
http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/31909
Author: markd at macports.org
Date: 2007-12-11 12:05:07 -0800 (Tue, 11 Dec 2007)
Log Message:
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Fix grammer and typos in epoch material from my last commit.
Modified Paths:
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trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml
Modified: trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml
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--- trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml 2007-12-11 18:49:03 UTC (rev 31908)
+++ trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml 2007-12-11 20:05:07 UTC (rev 31909)
@@ -91,17 +91,17 @@
<note>
<para>If an epoch is used it must be incremented for each
subsequent port update; it must never be decreased or reset to
- zero, because this would cause port version comparisons to fail to
- see when ports are out of date.</para>
+ zero, because this would always cause a port version comparison to
+ be incorrect after a port upgrade.</para>
</note>
- <para>An epoch will not be needed for most ports, and good use of a
- port's version can even make using an epoch unneccesary even for
+ <para>An epoch is not be needed for most ports, and good use of a
+ port's version can make using an epoch unneccesary even for
application distributions without official version numbers. For
- example, if a application version 1.5 is superceded by a snapshot
+ example, if an application version 1.5 is superceded by a snapshot
release 20081022, the new release could be given version number
1.5.20081022, rather than 20081022, so the newer release will have a
- numericaly greater value. </para>
+ numericaly greater value.</para>
</listitem>
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