Bug#402354: Broken mixed-case handling in apt
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.46.3
Severity: important
Apt seems to be confused by the presence of both upper- and lower-case
versions of a package name being mentioned in the Packages file.
Right now (in sid and etch), the package libcgi-perl
exists. libbric-perl (incorrectly) Suggests: libCGI-perl (upper-case),
which I'd expect to break. However, mipe Depends: libcgi-perl
(lower-case).
"apt-cache show mipe" works as corrected, but "apt-cache depends mipe"
mentions libCGI-perl (upper-case). It looks like there is some
internal confusion in terms of package name handling wrt case
sensitivity.
I'm raising this as important, as it's currently causing breakage in
debian-cd while I'm working on etch CDs.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
"Since phone messaging became popular, the young generation has lost the
ability to read or write anything that is longer than one hundred and sixty
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