Re: [Automake-NG] Removing support for DOS, DJGPP and Windos < 2000 in Automake-NG

[Akim Demaille]

Le 20 mai 2012 à 16:40, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :

> Hello automakers.
> 
> As part of the general de-crufting of Automake-NG, I'd like to remove support 
> for
> MS-DOS, DJGPP and older Windows.  But of course, I'd rather not cause 
> regressions
> in MinGW support while ding so.
> 
> So I'd like to know answers to the following questions with certainty:
> 
>  1) Are filenames starting with a dot portable to MinGW and modern Windows
>     systems (i.e., Windows 2000 or later)?
> 
>  2) Can we transparently use and handle files which are not unique according
>     to the 8+3 limit (8 characters for file name, 3 for the file extension)?
> 
> If I read the Autoconf manual (section "File System Conventions") correctly,
> the answer to both questions is "yes", but I'd rather double check here, in
> case some Windows/MinGW expert has something to add.

Can't help you here, no opinion, not enough experience.
Maybe you should ask to a wider audience than automake-ng.