[openbeos] Re: redundant files

Kobi Lurie <k_lurie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've noticed there are a few files in the repository
> (3 i think)
> that consist of one include. why do they exist?
> lock.h trackeraddon.h and byteorder.h
> 
> they also have the exact same name as another file in the directory 
> with only a change of case.
> also, this might confuse some versions of cvs (or filesystems - 
> windows is problematic) and possibly cause bad code to be generated.
> for example: lock.h is part of obfs but there's also another lock.h 
> in the develop directory, since the cvs checkout downloaded only one 
such file (sensitive file name case) so one might try to fix it by 
editing and changing them,
> which will introduce bad code in such a critical piece - a 
> filesystem.

No, it won't introduce any bad code - it would just not compile. And we 
currently don't support Windows as a building platform (or anything 
else than BeOS at this time).
These issues will be resolved over time, but they aren't a big issue 
right now.

Adios...
   Axel.

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