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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 1.7.19
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 13:40:15 +0200
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 1.7.19
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- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Hi Nick,
On Jun 7 12:00, Nick Lowe wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
>
> I notice you are still reading in obcaseinsensitive in cygcheck.cc but
> this value is no longer used in Cygwin as you have dropped Windows
> 2000 support.
>
> Would it make sense to change the code there to show the actual state
> of case sensitivity?
You have that upside down. The obcaseinsensitive registry key has been
introduced with Windows XP, and it's set to 1 by default, unfortunately.
So it's important to know this value starting with XP. Windows 2000 was
never affected.
Corinna
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