[Pythonmac-SIG] python on MacOS X

[John W Baxter]

At 8:54 -0500 3/13/2000, Jeffrey P Shell wrote:
>Interestingly, if you're using HFS+ ("MacOS Extended") for your default file
>system under MacOS X, building Python (unix) doesn't really work due to the
>fact that HFS+ seems to be case insensitive.

HFS+ file systems pretty much have to stay case-insensitive under Mac OS
X...too much would break otherwise.  (Mac file systems have been
case-insensitive for over 16 years now.)

It does sound like this will get in the way of building Python in the
context you are using.

  --John
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