From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24441: 24.5; rename directory in dired to change case Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 19:36:27 +0300 Message-ID: <83zin95ddg.fsf@gnu.org> References: < < <<3c49fbe5-9ae0-4ae2-8fa0-3c44fa85c981@default> <<83d1k56wwt.fsf@gnu.org> <7a1c7e15-4d84-400d-9735-a72a31408d6b@default> <834m5h6vg3.fsf@gnu.org> <5965f396-a65a-3d70-e67e-c3d680fe9e65@cornell.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1473957557 28738 195.159.176.226 (15 Sep 2016 16:39:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:39:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24441@debbugs.gnu.org, schwab@suse.de, brady@bradyt.com To: Ken Brown Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 15 18:39:09 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZgl-0005xQ-Bs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:39:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36245 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZgi-000661-Az for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:39:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57142) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZet-0004Xb-6N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:37:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZeo-0005BH-4H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:37:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:34759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZeo-0005B6-17 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZen-00024m-Tf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:37:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24441 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24441-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24441.14739574157968 (code B ref 24441); Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24441) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Sep 2016 16:36:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60704 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZec-00024N-OG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:36:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37787) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZeb-00024B-0n for 24441@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:36:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZeT-000544-TB for 24441@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:36:43 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38644) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZeC-0004wm-DY; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:36:24 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1840 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bkZe9-0001KJ-UL; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:36:22 -0400 In-reply-to: <5965f396-a65a-3d70-e67e-c3d680fe9e65@cornell.edu> (message from Ken Brown on Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:03:08 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123349 Archived-At: > Cc: 24441@debbugs.gnu.org, schwab@suse.de, brady@bradyt.com > From: Ken Brown > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:03:08 -0400 > > > See the bug I pointed to, where John explained that OS X filesystems > > can be either case-sensitive or case-insensitive. > > FWIW, this is also true on Cygwin: > > > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-casesensitive I was under the impression that most or all Cygwin users do use case-sensitive file names. Otherwise, quite a few packages that come from Posix platforms will not work or mysteriously fail. But if that's not the reality, then yes, a patch to add a run-time test for Cygwin will also be welcome.