Re: install rule not working

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From: Eli Zaretskii
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 05:01

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Wade Williams wrote:
> 
> In article <3AF2DEBE.265CFB06@is.elta.co.il>, Eli Zaretskii
> <eliz@is.elta.co.il> wrote:
> 
> > Is there by chance a file called `install' in that directory?  If so, rename
> > it and try again.
> 
> Yep, that was it.
> 
> Unfortunately, it's a filesystem issue too.  This OS X installation is
> installed on HFS+, which is case insenstive, so the INSTALL file was
> what was causing the conflict.

Yes, a known problem with case-insensitive filesystems (DOS, Windows, etc.).

> Renaming it to INSTALL.txt solved the problem.

That is indeed a solution.

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