Re: nb suffix to package names

[Archimedes Gaviola <archimedes.gaviola@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Noticed that some of the packages installed from the dfly 2.2.1
> DVD have 'nb' suffixes, for example:
>
> xconsole-1.0.3nb1
> shared-mime-info-0.51nb2
> rxvt-unicode-8.3nb4
>
> Two questions here:
>  . what does the 'nb' suffix mean ?
>  . what is the interpretation of the number after 'nb' ?
>
>
> thanks
> Saifi.
>

Hi Saifi,

I think this 'nb' is a NetBSD convention to their software packages -
pkgsrc which is what DragonFly is using.

Thanks,
Archimedes