Bug#513073: closed by Joey Hess jo...@debian.org (Re: Bug#513073: debhelper impossible to unpack on Win32 due to case insensitivity)
Joey Hess schreef: You're implicitly asking me to take care to avoid the case of files that differ only in case, which would be an ongoing effort, for no appreciable benefit. I'm asking you to apply this patch to make it possible for users with case-insensitive filesystems to install debhelper, nothing else. It is not your responsibility to keep debhelper working on case insensitive filesystems, but it would be ignorant to not apply a patch that fixes this and creates no new problems. Any subsequent change that is required to keep debhelper and other packages working on case insensitive filesystems will not be your responsibility, and by applying this patch you are not taking that responsibility. The benefit is not appreciable to you, mind you. And Windows is not the only case insensitive platform. How does this work on the Mac? Is it possible to unpack, let alone compile, debhelper on OS X? - Sjors -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#513073: closed by Joey Hess jo...@debian.org (Re: Bug#513073: debhelper impossible to unpack on Win32 due to case insensitivity)
Debian Bug Tracking System schreef: Sjors Gielen wrote: The debhelper package contains both a 'debian' directory for debian/rules etc and a 'Debian' directory for the Debian/Debhelper/*.pm Perl modules. Therefore, on Win32 (i.e. Cygwin), it is impossible to unpack debhelper - when you try, you get only the debian/ folder, so the modules are missing. A patch is available in the Debian GNU/kCygwin project SVN repository on Sourceforge. For reference, I've also added it below. Apart from applying this patch, the Debian directory should be moved to lib/Debian, of course. Sorry, but I think I'd rather not worry about compatability with case-insensative filesystems in debhelper. Why? I'm trying to port Debian to Cygwin. It matters here. And I've already supplied you with a patch, which does not break things anywhere; removes the uglyness of having two directories with the same name case-insensitively; and adds Cygwin and Win32 as platforms to build debhelper on. The fact you'll never build it on there, is unimportant in this case. - Sjors -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#513073: closed by Joey Hess jo...@debian.org (Re: Bug#513073: debhelper impossible to unpack on Win32 due to case insensitivity)
Sjors Gielen wrote: Why? I'm trying to port Debian to Cygwin. It matters here. And I've already supplied you with a patch, which does not break things anywhere; removes the uglyness of having two directories with the same name case-insensitively; and adds Cygwin and Win32 as platforms to build debhelper on. The fact you'll never build it on there, is unimportant in this case. You're implicitly asking me to take care to avoid the case of files that differ only in case, which would be an ongoing effort, for no appreciable benefit. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
