From: Michael G. <mg...@ti...> - 2007-09-30 06:27:14
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[problem illustrating example snipped] > So both make and csmake have problems when confronted with > the above set-up. =20 >=20 > Moral: 1) Whoever creates such a set-up has earned and deserves > all ensuing the problems. I wholeheartedly agree with that. The whole situaton results from a setup which requires taking care of portability in the first place. Ignoring (IMO basic) potential problems comes at a price. ["Doctor, it hurts when I take this club hit my head!" "Well then I suggest you just stop doing it"] > 2) Given todays networking of computers, it always likely > that any file-system will end up being viewed from > within an OS that seeks to be case-insensitive for > file-names. So it is best to be case insensitive > while creating one's own files.=20 I fully agree with this advice as well. It's not a problem arising from the OS, it comes from the FS. E.g. writing to a CDROM from a CS FS (which is a common situation on e.g. Linux) provides exactly that problem. I fail to understand where the real world problem that this thread discusses comes from. From what I've read so far it seems to me an exercise in intellectual acrobatics. Note I'm not denying there may be issues with case when mixing FS. I only fail to understand their practical relevance (as in make is not the only tool exposing problems of the setup). Apart from the context of FS ignoring case is something we [as in humans] are quite used to. What actually is the difference between a hammer, a Hammer, a HAMMER, a hAMMER and a hAmMeR ? Best, Michael =2D-=20 Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: mg...@ti... GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver |