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authorpaco <paco@openbsd.org>2020-03-26 14:58:34 +0000
committerpaco <paco@openbsd.org>2020-03-26 14:58:34 +0000
commitb58b253dd2834540bbcecf776e4a518f78f35bd7 (patch)
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parentFix register definition. Fixes USB3 support when USB has not been (diff)
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Clarify the use of EPOCH in ports Makefiles.
Whith lots of help from sthen@, espie@ and jca@ ok espie@ jca@
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man5')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.58
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5 b/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
index fec7933181d..f4754a2acc8 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk.5,v 1.528 2020/03/24 14:59:52 espie Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk.5,v 1.529 2020/03/26 14:58:34 paco Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Marc Espie
.\"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 24 2020 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 26 2020 $
.Dt BSD.PORT.MK 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1650,6 +1650,10 @@ If set to
will not open changed files in an editor.
.It Ev EPOCH
Epoch number of the current package.
+Used when the port version is changed but the new version is not regarded by
+.Xr packages-specs 7
+as being newer.
+Once added, it cannot be removed or go backwards.
Defaults to empty (no need for numbering changes), then
numbering starts at 0.
Gets automatically incorporated into