What is OpenRC 9999

dracea · n00b Joined: 28 Sep 2008 Posts: 20

Hi,

I hope this is the correct forum for this question:

* What is the version 9999 of sys-apps/openrc? What does 9999 mean? It doesn't match the other version numbers of that package.
* Which openrc version (9999 (?), 0.2.5 (~amd64), 0.3.0-r1 (~amd64)) Should I use on an "amd64" system?

http://packages.gentoo.org/category/sys-apps?full_cat

Have a nice sunday!

Edit:
Yes, I already found the migration guide, but it doesn't mention any version numbers
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml

szczerb · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:45 am Post subject:

9999 is the latest version of the package - it's not a single release....more like the freshest sources available

ToeiRei · Veteran Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 1191 Location: Austria

live ebuilds are using -9999 as you cannot use exact versions if you check out things from a revision control system (svn, hg, git,...). You cannot predict the revision to be in 2 days/weeks...

Rei
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Gentree · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject:

Q. What is OpenRC 9999 ?

A. Trouble.

If you're asking that question , avoid it.
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