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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index bd853e6eac..c10479ff12 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2812,12 +2812,15 @@ the string in the @code{name} field of a package definition. This name is used by package management commands such as @command{guix package} and @command{guix build}. -Both are usually the same and correspond to the lowercase conversion of the -project name chosen upstream. For instance, the GNUnet project is packaged -as @code{gnunet}. We do not add @code{lib} prefixes for library packages, -unless these are already part of the official project name. But see -@pxref{Python Modules} and @ref{Perl Modules} for special rules concerning -modules for the Python and Perl languages. +Both are usually the same and correspond to the lowercase conversion of +the project name chosen upstream, with underscores replaced with +hyphens. For instance, GNUnet is available as @code{gnunet}, and +SDL_net as @code{sdl-net}. + +We do not add @code{lib} prefixes for library packages, unless these are +already part of the official project name. But see @pxref{Python +Modules} and @ref{Perl Modules} for special rules concerning modules for +the Python and Perl languages. @node Version Numbers |