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-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.80 2000/01/14 10:32:35 abs Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.81 2000/02/10 02:09:17 abs Exp $
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@@ -1419,6 +1419,13 @@ from make that it doesn't know how to make /usr/share/tmap/tmac.andoc? This
indicates that you don't have installed the "text" set on your machine
(nroff, ...). Please do that.
+ 9.17 How to handle incrementing versions when fixing an existing package
+ ========================================================================
+
+When making fixes to an existing package it can be useful to change
+the version number in PKGNAME. To avoid conflicting with future versions
+by the original author, use a 'nb1' suffix (later versions should
+increment this to give 'nb2' and so on).
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