Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> On 16.03.2010, at 12:55, Juan Vuletich wrote:
>   
>> Frank Shearar wrote:
>>     
>>> Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On 3/16/10 8:36 AM, "Juan Vuletich" <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> FileDirectory activeDirectoryClass isCaseSensitive answers false on a
>>>>> Mac. this is a bug, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Juan Vuletich
>>>>>           
>>>> Mac OS X ~= Unix
>>>>         
>>> OS X uses a case sensitive filesystem, so it sounds like a bug.
>>>
>>> frank
>>>       
>> I apologize. I shouldn't post before my second coffee. Let me restate:
>>   FileDirectory activeDirectoryClass isCaseSensitive
>> answers true on a Mac. This is a bug, right?
>>     
>
> Yes. But only half a bug. Maybe a ¾ bug ;)
>
> In HFS+ volumes, case-sensitivity is optional and off by default. So the default Mac Harddisk is not case-sensitive. And if you pop in a FAT-formatted USB drive it's not case-sensitive either.
>
> However, the whole case-sensitivy issue in Squeak is much too coarse-grained anyway. You can mount a case-sensitive filesystem in Mac OS X, just like you can mount a case-insensitive filesystem in Linux. What we use is just a zero-order approximation. What would be needed is to support case-sensitivity on a per-volume base.
>
> - Bert -
>
>   

I see. Thank you Bert.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich