7845 – X is the only USE variabel with CAPITAL letters (I think)

Bug 7845 - X is the only USE variabel with CAPITAL letters (I think)

Summary: X is the only USE variabel with CAPITAL letters (I think)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Core (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-09-12 15:24 UTC by Claes Strom
Modified:	2011-10-30 22:37 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Claes Strom 2002-09-12 15:24:28 UTC

I've done the mistake with "-x" in an USE variabel.
Many moore people must have done it too!?

Proposal:

Make all USE variabels case insensitive (in the future).

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-09-21 13:17:36 UTC

Many people always capitalize "X" when talking about the X window system.