1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index e1e9516..0f679c9 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ sanitycheck() {
 	[ -z "$url" ] && die "Missing url in APKBUILD"
 	[ -z "$license" ] && die "Missing license in APKBULID"
 
+	# check so no package names starts with -
+	for i in $pkgname $subpackages; do
+		case $i in
+		-*) die "${i%:*} is not a valid package name";;
+		esac
+	done
+
 	# check if CARCH, CBUILD, CHOST and CTARGET is set
 	if [ -z "$CARCH" ]; then
 		case "$(uname -m)" in