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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 1.7.19


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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