From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: Case sensitive filenames 24 Jan 1998 22:17:05 -0800 Message-ID: <19980125164507.40108.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <19980120135538.4361.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Curtis Galloway Cc: Earnie Boyd , nathan@alexandria.lcs.mit.edu, gnu-win32@cygnus.com On 22-Jan-1998, Curtis Galloway wrote: > This has gone around and around. My opinion is that gnuwin32 is broken if it > imposes semantics on the filesystem that the filesystem doesn't support. I'm > a UNIX programmer, and I think it's a pain. > > It's also pretty easy to fix. I posted a patch back in May of last year to do > this; apparently no one like it enough to incorporate it into the official > sources. I have included my original message below. For what it's worth, I vote in favour of inclusion of this patch. If it does cause compatibility problems with existing GNU software, then please include it, but just leave the default value of `glob_case_fold' as 0 (false) for all platforms. `completion_case_fold' should remain as 1 (true), though. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".