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This section consists of variable declarations that describe the package itself. The following variables should be present:
| Variable name | Description |
|---|---|
NAME | This is the common-language, official name of the package. It may contain multiple words and any character. Example: “GNU Source-highlight” |
GARNAME | This is the internal GSRC name of the package. It should match the name of the directory containing the package and, by convention, for GNU packages it is the name of the package’s HTTP subdirectory on http://www.gnu.org/software. It should consist of only lower case letters, numbers, hyphens or underscores. Example: “src-highlite” |
UPSTREAMNAME | [optional] If the package maintainers ever use a different name for the package, for example a different spelling or capitalization, include it here. This is often useful in specifying URLs or package arcive names. Example: “source-highlight” |
GARVERSION | This is the current version number of the package. Example: “3.1.7” |
DISTNAME | [optional] This variable contains the distribution name of the
package. This variable is automatically constructed and by default it
is $(GARNAME)-$(GARVERSION). Example: “src-highlite-3.1.7” |
HOME_URL | This is the home URL of the package, where a user might find more information about it. Example: “http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite” |
DESCRIPTION | This variable should have a short, one-line description of the package. |
BLURB | [optional] This should contain a longer, multi-line description of the
package. To achieve this, its value needs to be declared using the
Make define statement. |