This is neither present in the XML schema nor mentioned in GLEP 68. The pkgname attribute was added in 2003 together with the packages element, "allowing for a combined view of all metadata files": https://gitweb.gentoo.org/archive/proj/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b1eae649bb6b7ae623b66cb08d7496f042329f10
In commit 3bbce9c90e430387537c6fdc3d97c3647ed9c465, the package element has already been removed. Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <u...@gentoo.org> --- metadata.dtd | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/metadata.dtd b/metadata.dtd index e1207de..c36242a 100644 --- a/metadata.dtd +++ b/metadata.dtd @@ -1,10 +1,8 @@ <!-- Metadata for a category --> <!ELEMENT catmetadata ( (longdescription)* )> -<!ATTLIST catmetadata pkgname CDATA ""> <!-- Metadata for a package --> <!ELEMENT pkgmetadata ( (maintainer|longdescription|slots|stabilize-allarches|use|upstream)* )> -<!ATTLIST pkgmetadata pkgname CDATA ""> <!-- One tag for each maintainer of a package, multiple allowed--> <!ELEMENT maintainer (email|name|description)+> -- 2.38.0