> On Mac OS X, this results in /usr/bin/head getting overwritten because
> the file system isn't case sensitive.

This is a well known bug with installing libwww on MacOS/X and was reported on 
Usenet some time ago. Because the MacOS/X startup scripts use "head" to look 
at the first few lines of a file, and because HPFS+ can't tell the difference 
between "HEAD" and "head" you find startup scripts fail. Apple are aware, but 
I don't believe that they're interested.

IMHO this is a serious problem because of the consequences.

-Nigel

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