[MacPorts] howto/InstallingOlderPort modified

[MacPorts Wiki]

Page "howto/InstallingOlderPort" was changed by ryandesign
Diff URL: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort?action=diff&version=24>
Revision 24
Comment: Add case sensitivity note about specifying subport
Changes:
-------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<--------
Index: howto/InstallingOlderPort
=========================================================================
--- howto/InstallingOlderPort (version: 23)
+++ howto/InstallingOlderPort (version: 24)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 $ sudo port install subport=py27-pylint
 }}}
 
-Make sure you specify the subport exactly as shown at the top of the output of `port info`. As of version 2.4.3, MacPorts [ticket:34619 will consider it an error] if you misspell a subport name or request a subport that does not exist.
+Make sure you specify the subport exactly as shown at the top of the output of `port info`. As of version 2.4.3, MacPorts [ticket:34619 will consider it an error] if you misspell a subport name or request a subport that does not exist. Although MacPorts usually treats port and subport names case-insensitively, case is significant when specifying the subport name in this way.
 
 === Working with the older ports === #workingwith
 
-------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<--------

--
Page URL: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort>
MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/>
Ports system for macOS

This is an automated message. Someone added your email address to be
notified of changes on 'howto/InstallingOlderPort' page.
If it was not you, please report to admin at macports.org.