Re: Virtual package httpd-with-cgi-suppport.

[Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 04:05:43PM +0100, Jaime E . Villate wrote:
> > > maybe the name could be smaller, say httpd-cgi would do!
> > 
> > Hmm... OK, it's shorter, but the longer version is easier to
> > understand. Is there any limit of how long a package name can be?
> 
> It's not a matter of written rules but a matter of cocnvenience; if for
> instance you use "dpkg -l", you can only see the first 15 characters.

But that's a virtual package, so it wouldn't show up in `dpkg -l` output. ;)

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