Case of port names?

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Thu Feb 26 01:31:07 PST 2009


Scott Haneda wrote:
> Are all port names to be lowercase?

No.

> I changed my port name in the
> portfile from assp to ASSP, since that is how the project is named, and
> it can no longer download the zip source files.
> 
> Recommended method would be to use correct case when installing the file
> directory, but the port name stays lowercase across the board?

$distname defaults to $name, change it if you need to.

- Josh


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