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----Original Message---- >From: Dan Kegel >Sent: 26 August 2005 04:45 > Dave Korn wrote: >> I've found a slight problem with the patch from crosstool for >> compiling on a case-insensitive filesystem >> (http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/crosstool-0.38/patches/linux-2.6.8/linux-2.6 >> .8-build_on_case_insensitive_fs.patch > > Not surprising. The maintainers of the affected parts of the > kernel refuse to support case insensitive filesystems. They're within their rights I suppose, it's not posix compliant. Anyway, I've got an effective enough workaround, which is just to use the AFLAGS_ instead. Oh, and to go and rename a bunch of files in netfilter :-( > You should probably not use that patch for real kernel work. > Instead, if you're stuck on cygwin, mount a directory > in managed (i.e. case sensitive) mode for building the > kernel; then you don't need the patch. Yeh, that's a better option long-term. I'm not so happy with the mangled names and the overhead though, but fortunately I just discovered FILE_FLAG_POSIX_SEMANTICS, so I can always throw something together. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... ------ Want more information? See the CrossGCC FAQ, http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to crossgcc-unsubscribe@sources.redhat.com
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