Update from luajit 2.1.1699520727_0 to 2.1.1699524327_0 doesn't seem to do anything

[breun (Nils Breunese)]

I have luajit 2.1.1699520727_0 installed and MacPorts tells me that an update to 2.1.1699524327_0 is available:

~ ❯ port outdated
The following installed ports are outdated:
luajit                         2.1.1699520727_0 < 2.1.1699524327_0

I try upgrading:

~ ❯ sudo port upgrade luajit
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
--->  No broken files found.
--->  No broken ports found.

Hm, was the upgrade actually performed? Let's see:

~ ❯ port outdated              
The following installed ports are outdated:
luajit                         2.1.1699520727_0 < 2.1.1699524327_0

I don't get an error message, but it seems the upgrade doesn't do anything.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

The way the version is set in this port is far too clever for its own good. I assume the date is being parsed according to the local timezone, so the PortIndex generated on the server has a different version than the Portfile does when it's parsed locally.

[l2dy (Zero King)]

In dc5a406dc4c62c63588e7fcac92abc67d0806d13/macports-ports (master):

luajit: update to 2.1.1700008891

• Fix version difference on systems with different time zones.

Closes: #68740

[casr (Chris Rawnsley)]

Replying to jmroot:

The way the version is set in this port is far too clever for its own good.

Fair challenge. I was optimising the port livecheck side of things to make it a little more convenient to upgrade since LuaJIT moved to a 'rolling release' schedule based on timestamps. Open to suggestions if there are better ways to this. I think upstream is pretty resistant to doing things differently in terms of versioning though.