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Re: AC_INIT translates PACKAGE to lower case
>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:
>>>>> "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.
Tom> I think the underlying question is, why does autoconf make this
Tom> change at all?
What change?
Tom> Why not let the user write what he intends, and then just respect
Tom> it? I confess I don't understand the rationale here.
There are two concepts here: the package name (GNU Autoconf), and the
package tarball name (autoconf). There is no change at all, only
*new* things.