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Re: [RFA/mingw32] environment variables are case-insensitive on win32


> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:17:10 +0100
> From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com>
> 
> > If some versions of Cygwin are case-insensitive in this context, while
> > others aren't, then a run-time test of the kind coded by Jerome is
> > _exactly_ the Right Thing.
> 
> These old versions are not at all supported anymore.  The right thing to
> do in this case is update.

Why is requiring users to upgrade more reasonable than half a dozen
lines of simple code?


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