[MacPorts] #17041: port livecheck makes faulty version comparison

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#17041: port livecheck makes faulty version comparison
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  Reporter:  devans at macports.org  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
      Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                                  
  Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:  MacPorts base bugs                   
 Component:  base                 |     Version:  1.7.0                                
Resolution:                       |    Keywords:  livecheck                            
      Port:                       |  
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Comment(by pguyot at kallisys.net):

 Exactly. As the original designer of the livecheck feature, I did not want
 to compare version at all except for equality. At some point, version
 ordering was introduced, but this masks other problem in the livecheck
 configuration (the source may be incorrect or outdated as Ryan suggests).

 What could be changed is the error message so it makes more sense (glibmm
 seems to be updated (port version: 2.18.2; livecheck version: 2.14.2).
 Please note that freshmeat is just one of the sensible default values,
 because we need good default sources for livecheck adoption. In the case
 of glibmm, the solution is to use another source, e.g. the home page with
 a good regex.

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