[MacPorts] #49559: nepomuk-core can't be installed on a case-sensitive system (was: neponuk can't be installed on a case-sensitive system)

[Lawrence Velázquez]

> On Sep 30, 2016, at 3:39 AM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Thursday September 29 2016 18:21:15 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>> 
>>> But why do it only for ${workpath}; the whole of ${prefix} could be
>>> on a case-sensitive RW dynamically-sized disk image (a sparse
>>> bundle?) that gets created by the MacPorts installer, with some
>>> magic to get it to mount automagically at the right time.
>>> 
>>> That would solve all case-sensitivity issues once and for all (or
>>> almost), without need for telling users to convert their whole
>>> (boot) volume to case-sensitivity. It's probably less easy to
>>> implement than it sounds, but maybe it's something to consider?
>> 
>> This sound convoluted. Also remember that MacPorts is not confined to
>> installing files in ${prefix}. 
> 
> A tad, maybe. Anything that gets installed outside of ${prefix} is
> largely out of control, but it's probably also safe to say that those
> files are where they are because they're somehow specific to the OS
> and thus don't make assumptions about filename case. 

So users would have to have this disk image mounted at all times, just
in case they ever want to use anything installed by MacPorts?

vq