[Mono-list] VFAT vs Unix filesystems...

[Dominic Hopton]

Actually, the NTFS file system is case sensititve, it just happens that
the UI chooses to ignore case.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Morgan [mailto:danmorg@sc.rr.com] 
> Posted At: 08 January 2003 12:40
> Posted To: mono-list
> Conversation: [Mono-list] VFAT vs Unix filesystems...
> Subject: RE: [Mono-list] VFAT vs Unix filesystems...
> 
> 
> Also, let's not forget that Windows NT/2000/XP uses NTFS 
> which is case insensitive too.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-list-admin@ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-admin@ximian.com]On
> Behalf Of Juli Mallett
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:18 AM
> To: Jaroslaw Kowalski
> Cc: mono-list@ximian.com
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] VFAT vs Unix filesystems...
> 
> 
> * De: Jaroslaw Kowalski <jarek@atm.com.pl> [ Data: 2003-01-08 ]
> 	[ Subjecte: Re: [Mono-list] VFAT vs Unix filesystems... ]
> > One of the most important (IMHO) problems is "System.Xml.dll" vs 
> > "System.XML.dll" spelling. I think mcs/mono should be able 
> to handle 
> > both forms. This can help port makefiles more easily.
> >
> > My utility for converting ".csproj" files to Makefile (that 
> I posted 
> > to
> the
> > list some time ago) contains a hack to always use "System.Xml.dll",
> because
> > even VS.NET isn't consistent in preserving the case.
> >
> > I think that for local (unix) filesystem as simple 
> alias/redirection 
> > file (perhaps machine.config) would do, but there's another problem:
> >
> > When you have dynamically downloaded assemblies (via http:// or 
> > whatever) you must ensure similar name lookup semantics on the web 
> > server, i.e. your web server must treat DLL names as 
> case-insensitive. 
> > Which effectively
> means
> > it must be running off VFAT filesystem or use some tricky 
> > aliasing/regexp filters for DLLs.
> >
> > What do you think?
> 
> I think there should just be an environment variable 
> MONO_FAKE_CASE and that should be the end of it, since we run 
> on a few case insensitive systems (Win, Mac OS X), and since 
> .NET runs on the same, there are many problems each way, this 
> gives us something which isn't special cased, and which only 
> has problem cases when you know someone is going to read 
> sensitive data from /tmp/h0h0 so you spam /etc/H0H0 as it 
> will match first.  Plus it's slow as hell, but that is 
> besides the point:  general purpose and gets the job done 
> where it makes sense to, wherever exactly that is.
> 
> Other hacks are just that.
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