No, I haven't done that. If anybody knows of any specific tests that I need to try on a Win9X box, I'll do that. Otherwise I'll just check general shell (bash) and some utility functionality.
Ernie Coskrey > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:31 PM > To: Ernie Coskrey; cygwin-patches@cygwin.com > Subject: RE: Control auto-uppercasing of environment variables > > > At 03:28 PM 1/14/2005, you wrote: > >Well, I suppose there are some similarities between what the > uppercase_env and check_case options are used for, but > check_case is specifically targeted at handling case > sensitivity with regard to filenames, not environment > variables. The subvalues of check_case are specified as > "levels" (relaxed, adjust, and strict), so I don't think > there's a clean way to use this unless we completely changed > the meaning of what check_case is intended to do. > > > >You'd also have to be able to combine subvalues - for > example, some users might want strict file checking and no > environment variable uppercasing, others might want relaxed > file checking and uppercasing of environment variables. A > separate CYGWIN option seems cleaner. > > > I agree. > > I only glanced quickly at your patch but the new behavior > doesn't distinguish > between 9x and NT platforms. As I recall, and I may be > mistaken, 9x needed > the environment upper-cased to work. Did you try your patch on a 9x > platform? > > > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > >
