On 06/12 22:24, Jim Wise wrote:
> As far as I can tell, with regpkg as currently committed, if I compile
> _identical_ code on two different dates, I get different version
> numbers.  Plus which, is a pkg versioned 20030614 built from the branch
> `newer' or older than one with the same version number built from
> - -current?
> 
> More damningly, if i compile newer code and then compile older code, the
> older code gets a newer version number.  This, obviously, makes it
> infeasible to include `affected' syspkg versions in SAs.

Maybe the ident strings could be used? Find the most recent and use that
as the date? Using the kernel revision seems just wrong, because it
really has nothing to do with most utilities.

Or perhaps I'm way off base. I'm not faimliar with syspkg yet.