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From: sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru (Sergey Okhapkin)
Subject: RE: gnuwin32 mini FAQ and resource pointer
31 Dec 1998 10:33:03 -0800 :
Message-ID: <01BE3497.4AD59550.cygnus.gnu-win32@sos>
To: Michael Weiser <michael AT weiser DOT saale-net DOT de>,
"'Geoffrey Noer'"
<noer AT cygnus DOT com>
Cc: "gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

Geoffrey Noer wrote:
> We decided not to include the mixed support since it would only work
> under certain circumstances (files, not directories?).  If that's not
> the case, we can reconsider it.
>

You're right, mixed-case patch is incomplete (no support for mixed case 
directories and mixed case file move/rename), but the patch does nothing 
until environment variable CYGWIN is set to "mixed". I think it's safe 
enough to apply the patch to official cygwin sources.

--
Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos
Piscataway, NJ


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