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	    incorrectly treated as a newer version since 20000801 is a
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	    incorrectly treated as a newer version since 20000801 is a
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	    numerically greater value than 1).</para>
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	    numerically greater value than 1).</para>
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	  <tip>
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	    <para>In some cases comparing versions is not that
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	      straightforward and &man.pkg.version.1; could be helpful
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	      to test a pair of version number strings. For example:
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	    </para>
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	    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_version -t 0.031 0.29</userinput></screen>
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	    <para>indicates that version 0.031 is to be considered
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	      greater than version 0.29, which is not obvious at
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	      first.</para>
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	  </tip>
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	  <para>In situations such as this, the
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	  <para>In situations such as this, the
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	    <makevar>PORTEPOCH</makevar> version should be increased.
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	    <makevar>PORTEPOCH</makevar> version should be increased.
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	    If <makevar>PORTEPOCH</makevar> is nonzero it is appended
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	    If <makevar>PORTEPOCH</makevar> is nonzero it is appended

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