These things would probably get fixed Macs shipped with the case sensitive filesystem installed. Personally, I was quite surprised that the filesystem was case insensitive when I got my first Mac (a PowerBook three years ago).
On Feb 6, 2008 2:31 PM, Jordan K. Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a fair point. Perhaps better to format a "work" partition as HFSX > then and keep the system partition as HFS. That way, you can at least check > out sources and do various things which are tripped up by case insensitivity > while still not running afoul of apps like this. > > - Jordan > > > > On Feb 6, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Scott C. Kennedy wrote: > > But, then you have to deal with lazy developers & QA issues like... > > Microsoft Office 2004 Entourage can't understand timezone when using sync > services > > cd /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office (or the appropriately situated > place on your machine) > ln -s timezones.xml Timezones.xml > ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /usr/share/zoneinfo/utc > Microsoft Office 2008 Entourage can't understand timezone when using sync > services > > > cd /Applications/Microsoft Office > 2008/Office/EntourageCore.framework/Resources or the appropriately situated > place on your machine) > ln -s timezones.xml Timezones.xml > ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /usr/share/zoneinfo/utc > > Symantec/Norton AntiVirus 10 & 11 can't run with case-sensitive filesystem. > HR Block TaxCut 2007 can't find images or XML files to function. > Feral Interactive - XIII - Game can't run when installed on case-sensitive > filesystem. > > And I keep finding more and more of them. :( > > Scott > PS> Anyone else find any issues with Applications or Games? -- James Sumners http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/ "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted." Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto) CH:D 59 _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
