Re: Problems with dpkg and package case
On 03 Nov 1996 18:07:22 CST Guy Maor (maor@ece.utexas.edu) wrote:
> Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org> writes:
>
> > Is this [dpkg's inconsistent behavior of cases] intended behavior,
> > or is it a problem ?
>
> It is a problem, and it's documented in programmer's 4.2.1. Ian
> recommends to use lowercase packages names.
Programmer's manual 4.2.1 says:
They must be at least two characters and must start with an
alphanumeric. In current versions of dpkg they are sort of
case-sensitive[14]; use lowercase package names unless the
package you're building (or referring to, in other fields)
is already using uppercase.
In fact dpkg is not case-sensitive (maybe of `sort', but...). The
fact is I cannot have a package with:
Conflicts: package-A
Replaces: package-A
Provides: package-a
As package-A is a legacy package, I'll guess I'll have to change my
provide line to read:
Package: tclx74
Conflicts: tclX
Replaces: tclX
Provides: tclx-shell
But, it will be inconsistent with other packages...
What would be the best provided package then ?
Phil.
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