Re: pkg/60423

[Rob Whitlock <rwhitlock22%gmail.com@localhost>]

> On Jul 7, 2026, at 1:05 PM, sennler via gnats <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> The following reply was made to PR pkg/60423; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: sennler <sennlerman%gmail.com@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: pkg/60423
> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 13:04:07 -0600
> 
> $ cd pkgsrc
> $ bmake help
> usage: bmake help topic=<topic>
>          ...
>          For convenience, all-uppercase topics such as variable
>          names may also be given in all-lowercase.
> $
> 
> bmake performs a case-insensitive search, so running "grep -i" finds
> the instance of "Supersedes" that a case-sensitive grep couldn't, unless
> I'm missing something else?
> 
> $ grep -i SUPERSEDES mk/defaults/mk.conf
> # Supersedes the PKG_SUFX option and keeps the name consistent.
> $

That makes sense. It seems to be an unavoidable side effect of this
intentional design decision, so I suppose this PR may be closed.

Thanks