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Date:	Sun, 13 Jan 2002 02:31:01 -0500
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Subject:	Re: ITP: libtool-devel, libtool-stable, libtool (wrappers)
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Robert Collins wrote:


>>Okay, I've renamed the devel package:
>>
>>libtool-devel-20010531-6
>>
> 
> that should be libtool_devel-20010531-6 shouldn't it?
> (devel is a flavour and thus part of the name).
> 
> I _think_ that the current upset and setup.exe logic actually starts at
> the right and owrks left, so that teh '-''d name will appear in setup
> correctly, but I don't think we should rely on this behaviour.


Correct -- it does work from R to L.  If we cannot depend on this 
behavior, then we must rename the following packages:

autoconf-devel
autoconf-stable
automake-devel
automake-stable
tetex-beta

Renaming is a bad thing...are you SURE we shouldn't rely on current 
behavior?

--Chuck

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