Re: [gentoo-alt] sync failure on OS X

On May 18, 2015, at 19:07, yegle <cnyegle@×××××.com<mailto:cnyegle@×××××.com>> wrote:

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:13 AM, Konstantin Tokarev <annulen@××××××.ru<mailto:annulen@××××××.ru>> wrote:
You should create case-sensitive partition and move your prefix there.

If this is a requirement of using Gentoo Prefix then yes I should
start with a case-sensitive partition. But looks like this is not the
case, at least I cannot find it in the bootstrap guide etc.

I've been using Gentoo Prefix on a case-insensitive FS (blame Apple
for the default) for 5 years without a problem, and the rsync problem
appeared in recent weeks.

So I'm looking for anyone who can confirm that there's a problem
syncing and the problem tie to a case-insensitive FS. Then, either
declare that Gentoo Prefix require a case-sensitive FS and everyone
should migrate their existing prefix, or fix the problem by
remove/rename the offending file in portage tree.

--
yegle
http://about.me/yegle


I've been using Prefix since at least 2008 and it does require a case-sensitive file system, however as Fabian said way back then:

I'm running on case-insensitive filesystem too, and the problems
currently are very very very limited.  So just go for it and forget
about it, until you start to hit weird errors ;)

See this thread for details:

https://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-alt%40lists.gentoo.org/msg03694.html<https://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-alt@l.g.o/msg03694.html>

Changing the tree to support case-insensitve file systems may not be possible. AFAIK that the Prefix tree is really just the main Gentoo tree at this point, and because the main tree originated on Linux it assumes case sensitivity.

I run my prefix out of a case-insensitive sparse bundle and haven't seen the problem.

John