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Re: AC_INIT translates PACKAGE to lower case
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Akim Demaille <akim at epita dot fr>
- Cc: Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu at faw dot uni-ulm dot de>, Autoconf List <autoconf at gnu dot org>, Automake List <automake at gnu dot org>
- Date: 30 Jan 2002 18:21:07 -0700
- Subject: Re: AC_INIT translates PACKAGE to lower case
- References: <1012385216.2864.2830.camel@mccallum> <mv4pu3sj7zd.fsf@nostromo.lrde.epita.fr>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> writes:
Ralf> If using the new AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE syntax, PACKAGE
Ralf> gets translated to lower case letters. - Why this change?
Akim> Because that's the case for most packages.
I think the underlying question is, why does autoconf make this change
at all? Why not let the user write what he intends, and then just
respect it? I confess I don't understand the rationale here.
Tom