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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] other kernel bug
Date: Mon,  9 Jun 2014 21:07:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <73094f8c787a97d24918c7c606c0a89e@mikro.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E9DACDBC-0760-4FFD-A41F-CF487D74A201@fb.com>

On Mon Jun  9 21:02:01 EDT 2014, pad@fb.com wrote:
> Hi cinap,
>
> Would it be possible to change a bit the 9front mercurial repository so that
> it can work on MacOS filesystem.
>
> I get some:
> abort: case-folding collision between sys/lib/troff/font/devutf/charlib/lH and sys/lib/troff/font/devutf/charlib/LH

we tried that with the original nix+googlecode gang, and it
was trouble.  Kill vs. kill, etc.

a lot of time was spent trying to overcome the shortcomings of
unrelated systems.  i didn't think it was a good use of resources.

i think it would be easier to set up your file system to be case
sensitive.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-10  1:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-05  1:23 Yoann Padioleau
2014-06-05  1:56 ` cinap_lenrek
2014-06-06  3:59   ` Bruce Ellis
2014-06-06  4:15     ` cinap_lenrek
2014-06-10  1:00       ` Yoann Padioleau
2014-06-10  1:07         ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2014-06-10  1:20           ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2014-06-10  4:35         ` Kurt H Maier
2014-06-10  4:46         ` cinap_lenrek
2014-06-10  5:14         ` cinap_lenrek

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