[tex-live] behaviour of kpsewhich on case-insensitive mac system

[Justin C. Walker]

> On Sep 19, 2017, at 00:15 , jfbu <jfbu at free.fr> wrote:
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> Hi Justin
> 
> 
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>> The “HFS+” file system on macOS/OS X can be created to be case-sensitive (at least it once was; not sure whether it still is).  Did you perhaps do this in the distant past?
>> 
> 
> Yes, it is possibly to format a hard disk with HFS+ case-sensitive file system,
> 
> but
> from diskutil info / I get
> 
>   File System Personality:  Journaled HFS+
>   Type (Bundle):            hfs
>   Name (User Visible):      Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
> 
> which confirms that it is the case-insensitive file system (else "Case-sensitive" would appear therein)

Correct.

> I am not sure but to change that I think I would need to re-format the hard-disk and thus re-copy from a backup all files, which, as anyway this is my book-disk would be quite an adventure !

I wasn’t suggesting changing the parameters of the disk, because I believe you are right: that would entail reformatting.  Not a pleasant job, especially for a boot disk :-}

Justin

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