I only want to point out that OS X has had an option for case sensitive versions of the HFS+ file system for some time now. See the "Volume Format" popup under the "Erase" tab of the "Disk Utility" program.
I have used it for untaring of linux and plan9 source code. It seems to work and I don't think there is much downside to using it, although I am not sure I would format my system partition that way. I have seen a few programs that had some dependency on case insensitivity but it was sometime ago and I don't remember the specifics except a vague memory that it was an Adobe application. I believe it was a coding error that was unmasked because a filename had case differences in different parts of the program. Best, leb At 11:58 PM -0700 8/7/09, Russ Cox wrote: >On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Uriel<urie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Always get p9p from hg, the tarballs have been partially broken for >> ages and > >Excuse me? >Instead of keeping that to yourself why not tell me so I can fix it? >I know many people who install from the tar file, though, >so I expect you're just whining instead of checking the facts, >as usual. > >> always have problems being untared in some environments > >Again, details? > >FreeBSD: >holo=; hget http://swtch.com/plan9port/plan9port.tgz | gunzip | tar xf - >holo=; ls -lR plan9 | awk '/^-/ {s+=$5} END{print s}' >49413465 >holo=; > >Linux: >c2=; gunzip < plan9port.tgz | tar xf - >tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.dev' >tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.ino' >tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `SCHILY.nlink' >c2=; ls -lR plan9 | awk '/^-/ {s+=$5} END{print s}' >49413465 >c2=; > >OS X: >mini=; gunzip < plan9port.tgz | tar xf - >mini=; ls -lR plan9 | awk '/^-/ {s+=$5} END{print s}' >49342685 >mini=; > >The GNU tar warnings about SCHILY extensions don't count as >a problem: it's an inconsequential warning message. > >The missing 70780 bytes on OS X are the files HI, HX, LH, RC, lH, and rH >from troff/font/devutf/charlib, which have been overwritten with differently >cased versions of the same files. It doesn't matter since basically >no one uses those special characters, and you'd have the same problem >using Hg or any other file program: the bug is in the file system, not >the extractor. > >I'm plenty happy for people to use hg instead of the tar files-- >I think that's good advice for the people who enjoy using >version control systems--but please don't go spreading >misinformation. > >Thanks. >Russ
