Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 10:19:14 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org>, David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: warning: filename ends with '.', which is not allowed on Windows: 'tools/test/sort/bigtest/q-1.024.003.' Message-ID: <FE9DAFE1-2165-4EA4-BED8-C84CF68766B4@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgmfFQkvxXvkFtPe56ineg0qwUX9p8p=N1UwGaUeZQqO0g@mail.gmail.com> References: <5319757E.1060301@freebsd.org> <821C2C51-604E-43E0-9796-300996B81B41@FreeBSD.org> <CAF6rxgmfFQkvxXvkFtPe56ineg0qwUX9p8p=N1UwGaUeZQqO0g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mar 7, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > On 7 March 2014 11:41, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On 6 Mar 2014, at 23:30, David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>> it seems filename ended with a dot is illegal on Windows, if someone >>> wants to check out freebsd source code on Windows, it will be a = problem. >>=20 >> Is this something we want to support? >=20 > Yes. >=20 >> NetBSD made some invasive changes on their source tree to be able to = support case-insensitive filesystems (like renaming 'cvs' to 'xcvs' to = avoid clashing with the 'CVS' metadata directory), but they support = building NetBSD on many different platforms. >=20 > Has anyone enumerated the problematic files for FreeBSD ? Last time I looked there were only a handful. I=92ll conduct a census = and get a concrete enumeration of the problem=85 Warner >> We don't support that yet, though. >=20 > However, being able to checkout out the source code is a prerequisite > to building out other platforms. >=20 >> The file in question can be easily renamed, I think. >=20 > --=20 > Eitan Adler > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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