From: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Case sensitive filenames
29 Jan 1998 08:16:37 -0800
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To: Geoffrey Noer <noer AT cygnus DOT com>
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On 27-Jan-1998, Geoffrey Noer <noer AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
> Pretty much anything we can do to improve ease
> of use under Win32 that doesn't break Unix compatibility is a good thing.
> Changing glob/readline to make it match in a case-insensitive manner
> may fit that category.  But I haven't thought through the implications
> of doing this yet...

In that case, how about installing the patch but leaving it case-insensitive
by default.  That way your users can test the implications themselves,
by setting the `glob_fold_case' environment variable...

Cheers,
	Fergus.

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