[csw-maintainers] packages names normalization (long)

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 29.04.2009 um 19:11 schrieb Philip Brown:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 06:47:40PM +0200, Peter FELECAN wrote:
>> The reason for which '-' cannot be used in catalogue package, vs.  
>> sys V
>> pkg, names is that is a "field separator" used for name, version,
>> revision, architecture &c; in my understanding, we can use '_' in
>> catalogue names and also in sys V pkg. If we want to normalize, your
>> example becomes CSWopenssl_rt with a catalogue name of openssl_rt.
>
> except that "_" is invalid for SVR4 pkg naming, for some reason, i  
> believe.

Yes. From pkginfo(4):

>      PKG
>
>          Abbreviation for the package being installed. All  char-
>          acters in the abbreviation must be alphanumeric. You can
>          also use the - and +  characters  in  the  abbreviation.
>          The first character cannot be numeric, a + or a -.

Best regards

   -- Dago