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Re: "make" seems to be broken on Win95.

To: mdejong at cygnus dot com
Subject: Re: "make" seems to be broken on Win95.
From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:27:37 -0400
CC: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004111117530.23883-100000@abomination.cygnus.com>


> Can make be fixed to not be case sensitive under cygwin?

Why?  Unix is case sensitive, and we're emulating Unix as best we can.
If you want case insensitivity, use Microsoft's NMAKE, or feel free to
contribute a patch to make that lets the user select case
insensitivity *if* they need it.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: "make" seems to be broken on Win95.
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References:
- "make" seems to be broken on Win95.
  - From: Mo DeJong

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