Re: Update deadloop (case-insensitive filesystem issue on Mac OS X)

[Xiyue Deng <manphiz%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Amitai Schlair <schmonz%schmonz.com@localhost> 
wrote:
> On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 10:56:48AM -0700, Xiyue Deng wrote:
>
>> For instance, in the log it says net/Transmission is not longer
>> available and then marked net/transmission up-to-date. What happens is
>> that net/Transmission is still there.
>>
>> I then realized this may be related to the fact that Mac OS X uses
>> case-insensitive file system by default. And currently there is not
>> other issue related shows up yet.
>
> CVS is a little bit dumb about how it manages directories. OS X is
> a little bit dumb about how it manages filename case. As people
> committing to a CVS repository that gets used on case-insensitive
> filesystems, it's our job to prevent these dumbnesses from interacting
> badly. What you're seeing is that in a couple places, we've missed
> a spot.
>
> It's annoying that a `cvs update` makes noise even when it has
> nothing to do, but that's the extent of the problem. Besides that
> (and the occasional upstream developer actively opposed to dealing
> with case-insensitive filesystems), pkgsrc and everything in it
> works quite well on OS X.
>
> We've missed a few similar spots before. 7 years ago today, I did
> some surgery on the repository:
>
> <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2007/05/27/0002.html>
> <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2007/05/28/0010.html>
> <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2007/05/29/0010.html>
> <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2007/06/15/0002.html>
>
> To address what you're seeing, we'll need to perform some followup
> surgery. To prevent another recurrence, we'll need to install a
> pre-commit hook. (If the hook works well for pkgsrc, we'll probably
> want it for src too.)

Sounds like a great plan! It is quite a good news for users using
case-insensitive filesystems. And I'll try to be available if any
testing is needed.