Compatibility problem: Cygwin make and makefile filename case
Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)
lhall@rfk.com
Tue Nov 21 10:44:00 GMT 2000
At 09:02 AM 11/21/00, Frank Ellert wrote:
>Hi!
>
>There is a compatibility problem with Cygwin-make and the makefile
>filename case. Cygwin-make doesn't accept "MAKEFILE" (but "makefile",
>"Makefile" or "GNUmakefile") which is treated the same as "makefile"
>by (at least some) other LFN-aware tools, i.e. Info-ZIP's unzip and
>DJGPP ls.
>
>So if you call a makefile "makefile" and put it into a ZIP archive,
>there is the possibility that it is unpacked as "MAKEFILE" and
>displayed as "makefile" but Cygwin make doesn't find it.
>
>It was great if you could fix that problem by making Cygwin make also
>look for "MAKEFILE".
>
>I'm sorry, I don't read the mailing list. So please reply to me
>directly.
>
>And please excuse possible mistakes. English is not my mother
>language.
>
>Frank
The best response I can give you is that you'll need to provide a specific
example along with the output of cygcheck -s -r -v. Its hard to say whether
this is a real problem or a configuration issue without these details.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
(508) 560-1285 - cell phone
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