#1892: SetPropertiesFromEnv should be case-insensitive on Windows
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Reporter: dabrahams | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: undecided
Version: 0.8.3p1 | Resolution:
Keywords: windows git |
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Comment (by dustin):
Replying to [comment:6 dabrahams]:
> > In addition, I wonder if windows actually supports case-sensitivity in
variable names,
>
> It does, in the sense that if you ask it to list the environment
variables, it will show them to you with the case you originally specified
them with. It does not, in the sense that you can't have two separate
variables called "Foo" and "foo".
This is called case-preserving but case-insensitive, and it's the way NTFS
filenames work, for example.
> > and cmd.exe just coerces everything to uppercase.
>
> cmd.exe does not coerce.
We don't actually know what is going on - the questions in comment 2 and
comment 3 are unanswered. Also, we need to know how you've installed
Buildbot - msys? cygwin? native Python? Does it behave the same way for
all three?
In general, Buildbot is not going to try to un-hork windows horked-ness.
That way lies madness. I'm happy to add hints to the documentation, but
they should explain, rather than direct, and should be a comprehensive
description of what's going wrong.
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