87f551dfb14925f9e7e1d6f23d798fef313fd73c
hiram
  Mon Sep 1 23:25:33 2025 -0700
new chain net construction and update genePred names

diff --git src/hg/utils/automation/gpToIx.pl src/hg/utils/automation/gpToIx.pl
index 0c7c5989b66..e808ee8de52 100755
--- src/hg/utils/automation/gpToIx.pl
+++ src/hg/utils/automation/gpToIx.pl
@@ -40,29 +40,29 @@
       $name = $ncbiParts[2];
       $name =~ s/^mrna.//;
       $extraNames = $name;
     }
   }
   my $noSuffix=$name;
   $noSuffix =~ s/\.[0-9][0-9]*$//;
   if (($noSuffix ne $name) && (length($noSuffix) > 0)) {
       if (length($extraNames) > 0) {
          $extraNames .= "\t" . $noSuffix;
       } else {
          $extraNames = $noSuffix;
       }
   }
   if (defined($name2)) {
-    if ($name !~ m/\Q$name2\E/i) {
+    if (lc($name) ne lc($name2)) {
       if (length($extraNames) > 0) {
          $extraNames .= "\t" . $name2;
       } else {
          $extraNames = $name2;
       }
       $noSuffix = $name2;
       $noSuffix =~ s/\.[0-9][0-9]*$//;
       $extraNames .= "\t" . $noSuffix if (($noSuffix ne $name2) && (length($noSuffix) > 0));
     }
   }
   printf "%s\t%s\n", $itemName, $extraNames if (length($extraNames) > 0);
 }
 close (FH);