From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Purcell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26490: 25.1; package-buffer-info is incorrectly case-insensitive Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:02:48 +1200 Message-ID: <177B8B98-A006-426B-B215-60E63997CD4E@sanityinc.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1492449309 8154 195.159.176.226 (17 Apr 2017 17:15:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:15:09 +0000 (UTC) To: Glenn Morris , 26490@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 17 19:15:06 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEz-00020R-Eb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:15:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37973 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AF5-00077A-4L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:15:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37526) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEw-00076v-WA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEw-0005kl-6Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54579) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEw-0005kb-3Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEv-00027L-VU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:15:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Steve Purcell Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:15:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 26490 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 26490-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B26490.14924492668048 (code B ref 26490); Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:15:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26490) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Apr 2017 17:14:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52776 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEM-00025i-3M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:14:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46425) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEK-00025V-Qq for 26490@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:14:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEE-0004T4-UA for 26490@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:14:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:48314) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEE-0004Sl-Px for 26490@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:14:18 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1d0AEE-00084R-Fp for 26490@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:14:18 -0400 Resent-Message-ID: <22772.63466.356252.450224@gnu.org> Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:14:18 -0400 Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: 26490@debbugs.gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:131702 Archived-At: > Why does it care at all? > I thought the "filename ends here" was an ancient way of identifying > files that might have been truncated in transit. It doesn't seem > relevant in this day and age. > And if that is what it's for, why should the case of the filename = matter? > So long as some "ends here" line is there, the file is ok. Nonetheless, it has been part of the format expected by package.el for = years. Making package.el more permissive over time can lead to problems with = packages in older Emacsen, a prime example being the recently-added = backwards-incompatible support for version-less dependencies in the = `Package-Requires` header: authors check their packages in a recent = Emacs and then find that an older otherwise-compatible Emacs can=E2=80=99t= even parse their package metadata.=