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Re: [RFA/libiberty] Darwin has case-insensitive filesystems

From: Pedro Alves <pedro at codesourcery dot com>
To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:55:15 +0100
Subject: Re: [RFA/libiberty] Darwin has case-insensitive filesystems
References: <1308087182-26577-1-git-send-email-brobecker@adacore.com> <201106150958.p5F9wJ7x019158@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <20110615104419.GA8011@calimero.vinschen.de>

On Wednesday 15 June 2011 11:44:19, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Indeed.  Probably the case sensitivity should not be hardcoded in a
> low-level function at all.  The application should decide if it wants
> case-sensitive or case-insensitive filename comparison.  This way,
> the comparison could be based on OS, filesystem, or user choice.

<http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-12/msg00343.html>

(that only handles filename comparison, not file opening)

-- 
Pedro Alves

References:
- [RFA/libiberty] Darwin has case-insensitive filesystems
  - From: Joel Brobecker
- Re: [RFA/libiberty] Darwin has case-insensitive filesystems
  - From: Mark Kettenis
- Re: [RFA/libiberty] Darwin has case-insensitive filesystems
  - From: Corinna Vinschen

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