[tex-live] [OT] mounting TeXLive on MAC OS X through NFS

Martin Schröder martin at oneiros.de
Wed Mar 1 14:01:44 CET 2006


On 2006-03-01 05:32:45 -0700, Nelson Beebe wrote:
> The issue to watch out for with Mac OS X is that it supports two
> styles of file systems, one HFS+ (case-INsensitive with resource and
> data forks) and one UFS (case-sensitive and forkless).  Some systems
> have both, while others have only one.  In principle, Apple intends
> users to migrate to UFS, but we have found that some commercial

Still?

Given that HFS+ now does ACLs (and that HFSX is case-sensitve), I
seriously doubt hat UFS has a long-term future in OSX.

Best
    Martin
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