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RE: Case insensitivity ad nauseum
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Jim.Hyslop |
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RE: Case insensitivity ad nauseum |
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Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:29:14 -0500 |
Donald Sharp [mailto:address@hidden wrote:
> It's not terribly uncommon to have both Makefile and makefile
> in some build trees I've seen( and they have a different meaning
> to make! ) on unix. I wouldn't want cvs to stop surporting
> the ability to track this at all! It's not unreasonable to have
> the same name with different cases, rare yes, but not unreasonable.
Oh, don't get me wrong - I'm not suggesting that CVS drop case-sensitive
support altogether. I realize that the case-sensitive nature of Unix will
probably never change, partly due to legacy issues and partly due to the
attitudes and philosophies of Unix users.
--
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)
Let's build software that works the way people expect.
Re: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Donald Sharp, 2003/11/05
Re: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Kevin Layer, 2003/11/05
Re: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Larry Jones, 2003/11/05
RE: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Greg A. Woods, 2003/11/06
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RE: Case insensitivity ad nauseum,
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RE: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Jim.Hyslop, 2003/11/05
RE: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Jim.Hyslop, 2003/11/05
Re: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Larry Jones, 2003/11/06
RE: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Rick Genter, 2003/11/06
RE: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Jim.Hyslop, 2003/11/06
RE: Case insensitivity ad nauseum, Jim.Hyslop, 2003/11/06