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bug#24441: 24.5; rename directory in dired to change case
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#24441: 24.5; rename directory in dired to change case |
Date: |
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 19:36:27 +0300 |
> Cc: 24441@debbugs.gnu.org, schwab@suse.de, brady@bradyt.com
> From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:03:08 -0400
>
> > See the bug I pointed to, where John explained that OS X filesystems
> > can be either case-sensitive or case-insensitive.
>
> FWIW, this is also true on Cygwin:
>
>
> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-casesensitive
I was under the impression that most or all Cygwin users do use
case-sensitive file names. Otherwise, quite a few packages that come
from Posix platforms will not work or mysteriously fail.
But if that's not the reality, then yes, a patch to add a run-time
test for Cygwin will also be welcome.
bug#24441: 24.5; rename directory in dired to change case, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/09/15