Re: netfilter files in a case-insensitive filesystem

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On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 03:40:25PM +1000, Philip Craig wrote:
> On 05/24/2006 06:27 AM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> > Such files conflict in a case-insensitive filesystem. This is a problem
> > for users building on Windows, or installing the headers on a Windows
> > case-insensitive filesystems.
> > 
> > The structures in the conflicting files seem to have unique names. Is it
> > possible to merge both files together?
> 
> Depends what exactly you are trying to do.  If you are just trying to
> build an application that uses them, then you could probably merge them;
> have you tried?  Building the kernel would require more work.
> 

I have not tried merging the headers. I was deffering to the experts to
get an opinion :)

The current goal is to be able to ship the headers for use in an
environment which resides on a case-insenstive filesystem.

If we did the work, would the community accept such patches?

Cheers,
Carlos.
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Carlos O'Donell
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