Does "yum install" take a case sensitive value and, if so, why are there some exceptions?

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Issue

  • How do the "install" and "search" yum subcommands deal with case sensitiveness?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6 & 7
  • yum

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