man-pages-linux needs case sensitive directories

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca
Wed Feb 15 07:11:14 GMT 2023


Hi folks,

Linux man pages 6.03 has been released.
I realized that some of the man pages are case sensitive e.g. _[Ee]xit.2, 
{NAN,nan}.3, perhaps others.
I took care of my own system using commands like below, but would appreciate 
advice on whether there is any better portable or Cygwin specific approach, and 
what are the opinions on the best way to handle this in the cygport for download 
and install?
Is this supported by Cygwin on Windows 10 versions >= [20]18-03 with the 
directory attribute set, are there likely to be any problems with git, or in 
general with POSIX<->Windows file names?

$ cd /usr/share/man/linux/
$ for s in man?; do fsutil file setCaseSensitiveInfo $s; done
Case sensitive attribute on directory ...\usr\share\man\linux\man1 is enabled.
Case sensitive attribute on directory ...\usr\share\man\linux\man2 is enabled.
Case sensitive attribute on directory ...\usr\share\man\linux\man3 is enabled.
Case sensitive attribute on directory ...\usr\share\man\linux\man4 is enabled.
Case sensitive attribute on directory ...\usr\share\man\linux\man5 is enabled.
Case sensitive attribute on directory ...\usr\share\man\linux\man6 is enabled.
Case sensitive attribute on directory ...\usr\share\man\linux\man7 is enabled.
Case sensitive attribute on directory ...\usr\share\man\linux\man8 is enabled.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis			Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte			Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter	not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer	but when there is no more to cut
			-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


More information about the Cygwin-apps mailing list