[83716] trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml

[jmr at macports.org]

Revision: 83716
          http://trac.macports.org/changeset/83716
Author:   jmr at macports.org
Date:     2011-09-09 11:27:51 -0700 (Fri, 09 Sep 2011)
Log Message:
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guide: update guidelines for name field

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml

Modified: trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml
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--- trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml	2011-09-09 18:13:32 UTC (rev 83715)
+++ trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml	2011-09-09 18:27:51 UTC (rev 83716)
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
       <term>name</term>
 
       <listitem>
-        <para>The name of the Port; it should be lowercase to prevent
-        uninstallation problems due to a macports base bug.</para>
+        <para>The name of the port. To avoid special interpretation by shells
+        and the like, names should contain only alphanumeric characters,
+        underscores, dashes or dots.</para>
 
         <programlisting>name                foo</programlisting>
       </listitem>
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