Subject: Re: Embedded NetBSD? [was Re: CVS commit: basesrc]
To: None <woods@weird.com>
From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@mac.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/26/2001 22:47:56
> I'm not particularly concerned about the details in this case -- it's
> more a matter of the principle. Next thing we'll have some pointless
> surge through the tree lowercasing all the file names! I don't want to
> have to see restrictions placed on how NetBSD's source tree lives just
> to cater to other broken, brain-damaged, and limited so-called
> development platforms! If they want to use the *BSD source tree then
> they can damn well use it on at least some kind of Unix host! Now don't
> get me wrong here though -- I'd be all for 14-char filenames if there
> were still any significant number of more traditional Unix systems in
> daily use.
Why not try cygwin! See if you can spot a difference between it and
UNIX (other than filename case insensitivity[sp]). When you do, let us
know.
Andrew