[Buildbot-commits] [Buildbot] #1892: SetPropertiesFromEnv should be case-insensitive on Windows

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#1892: SetPropertiesFromEnv should be case-insensitive on Windows
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Reporter:  dabrahams    |       Owner:
    Type:  defect       |      Status:  new
Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  undecided
 Version:  0.8.3p1      |  Resolution:
Keywords:  windows git  |
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Comment (by dustin):

 Replying to [comment:6 dabrahams]:
 > > In addition, I wonder if windows actually supports case-sensitivity in
 variable names,
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 > It does, in the sense that if you ask it to list the environment
 variables, it will show them to you with the case you originally specified
 them with.  It does not, in the sense that you can't have two separate
 variables called "Foo" and "foo".

 This is called case-preserving but case-insensitive, and it's the way NTFS
 filenames work, for example.

 > > and cmd.exe just coerces everything to uppercase.
 >
 > cmd.exe does not coerce.

 We don't actually know what is going on - the questions in comment 2 and
 comment 3 are unanswered.  Also, we need to know how you've installed
 Buildbot - msys? cygwin? native Python?  Does it behave the same way for
 all three?

 In general, Buildbot is not going to try to un-hork windows horked-ness.
 That way lies madness.  I'm happy to add hints to the documentation, but
 they should explain, rather than direct, and should be a comprehensive
 description of what's going wrong.

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