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Authored by: sharumpe on Nov 12, '02 11:34:00AM

...is that Mac OS X's unix case-preserving, but not case-sensitive. So, when LWP's installer installs '/usr/bin/HEAD' (you'll notice there is also GET and POST), it overwrites /usr/bin/head. Annoying, as there are good uses for both.

Mr. Sharumpe



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