On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 08:28:49AM -0700, tony mancill wrote: > I'm working on a package for ripperX, which comes in a ripperX_2.0 tarball > and extracts itself into ripperX-2.0 directory, and produces a "ripperX" > binary. > > Is there a prescribed method for handling upstream source like this? > Should I fold the directory name in the tarball into lowercase? Since the > package name is going to be lowercase, it seems confusing that the binary > is mixed-case. Should I provide a symlink? Fold the binary name itself > into lowercase? (The same applies for the manpage too, I guess.) Yes, rename it to lowercase, otherwise you won't be able to get the package in the archive :) You can leave the binary uppercased, but making that symlink would be a good idea. Ditto for the manual page. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
