[Axiom-developer] Re: upper/lower case issue

[David MENTRE]

root <address@hidden> writes:

> The top level makefile builds a custom makefile for each target platform.
> I'll add a CASE= tag so we can pass the information into the build.

Hmmm. I don't like the idea of being system specific. Is it really
necessary?

If I remember correctly:

 - any Unix system (linux, *bsd, solaris, MacOS X with UFS,...): case
   sensitive path and filename

 - MacOS X with HFS: no distinction between lower/uppercase, case
    sensitive path
    => no distinct file with filenames different only on lower/upper
       case 

 - Windows: no distinction between lower/uppercase, case insensitive
    path 
    => as previous MacOS X case



So for me, we have the following requirements:

 1. each source file should have a distinct filename if converted to
    lowercase;

 2. the build process should not modify lower/uppercase of paths.


With those requirements, I think we could build Axiom on any current
system. You opinion?

Yours,
d.
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