[yocto] naming .bb files

[Khem Raj]

On Jul 9, 2013, at 6:45 AM, "Barros Pena, Belen" <belen.barros.pena at intel.com> wrote:

> On 09/07/2013 11:35, "Paul Barker" <paul at paulbarker.me.uk> wrote:
> 
>> On 9 July 2013 11:27, Barros Pena, Belen <belen.barros.pena at intel.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Thanks Ross!
>>> 
>>> I've tried a .bb file name with capital letters and Hob is not liking it
>>> at all. So it looks like uppercase might also be a problem.
>>> 
>> 
>> This is from memory and a month or so back but I think the problem
>> with capital letters is that opkg rejects .ipk files with capital
>> letters. I didn't have any problems with it when producing .deb files.
> 
> It sounds like the safe thing for Hob to do is to reject uppercase letters
> in .bb file names (just in case).

not only names but also in PR string if it has letters in it.

> 
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
> 
>> 
>> --
>> Paul Barker
>> 
>> Email: paul at paulbarker.me.uk
>> http://www.paulbarker.me.uk
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