> True, but programs may intentionally ignore case. From the > packaging manual: > > 4.1. Syntax of control files > ---------------------------- > > . . . > > Field names are not case-sensitive, but it is usual to capitalise the > fields using mixed case as shown below. > > . . . > > I have interpreted `fields' to refer to the _contents_ of the > fields, not the `Field names', but I see it could be interpreted > otherwise.
Ah, an ambiguous phrase in the packaging manual. Will be corrected: s/fields/field names/. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg