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Re: php-pdo and version downgrades



On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 04:02:05PM +0000, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> The php_pdo* packages have not kept step with PHP changes. The PDO  
> components are now built into PHP rather than maintained separately in  
> PECL. However, pkgsrc is still using the old PECL source which is  
> unmaintained and hasn't been altered for 3 years. This is confusing as 
> the package versions report themselves to be 5.2.9.1.0.2, etc. but they 
> are in fact based on the 5.1.x code-base.
>
> I've fixed all the php_pdo* packages, but as part of doing this the PECL  
> version number will get stripped off the end meaning that the new version 
> numbers are just 5.2.9 instead of 5.2.9.1.0.2 (for example).  
> Unfortunately, 5.2.9{,nb1} is considered to be older than 5.2.9.1.0.2  
> meaning that it will appear as though a downgrade has taken place.
>
> How should I address this?

You could set the version to 5.2.9.99 and clear things up completely
when 5.2.10 gets around.

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