Subject: Re: Valid package names
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/13/1999 12:23:31
Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Simon Burge wrote:
> > I'm working on the source-code version of bladeenc, and not sure what
> > the valid package name is.  At the moment, I have:
> > 
> > 	DISTNAME=  bladeenc-082-src-stable-2
> > 	PKGNAME=   bladeenc-0.82pl2
> > 
> > and pkglink gives a fatal on the "-0.82pl2" version.  It's passes
> > "-0.82" ok, but this is second patchlevel of 0.82.  Based on some
> > private mail from Hubert for the postfix package, I thought that
> > "N.NNN-plN" was valid - is pkglint being too strict?  Any hints?
> 
> I've just checked some package with pkglint-1.73 that I've set
> PKGNAME=        bladeenc-0.82pl2
> and it worked fine for me. Indeed, the version you suggest is what looks
> perfect to me. Maybe upgrade your pkglint?

I tried that before sending my message - my pkglint is currently:

	pkglint-1.75        A verifier for NetBSD package directory.

Simon.