Once upon a time, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> said: > This is the only good point made against case insensitivity so far.
IIRC this started with someone trying to install a perl module. The best way to do that is not to try to guess the package name (since those follow the tarball names, which don't always exactly match the module name), but to request exactly the desired module: # yum install 'perl(Some::Module)' At that point, case insensitivity is wrong because perl is not case insensitive for modules. You match the module name exactly and you get the right package. For package installation, yum should be precise, and it is (you should get what you ask for, not something that may be close). For package searching (e.g. "yum list foo"), the rules are relaxed, because yum is just trying to show you possible matches, and guess what: it is ALREADY case insensitive! -- Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
