[dvdvol] Re: [Fwd: Problems on downloaded dvd.]

[Greg Newby]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:00:43PM -0500, Aaron Cannon wrote:
> Dear Mr. Parker,
> 
> Thanks for your offer to help with the DVD.  I'm sorry for the problems you 
> had with it but I'm glad you were able to fix them.  We're always 
> interested in posting improved versions of our releases, and I'm certain 
> that this will be no exception.  I'm CCing Greg Newby, as he is generally 
> the person who makes most decisions regarding updates of this kind.
> 
> We will soon be creating a new set of disc images and your feedback is 
> invaluable.  I'll definitely watch out for the case of filenames.
> 
> Thanks again for your help.
> 
> Sincerely
> Aaron Cannon

I'm just adding my thanks, Bob.  The issue you found
is one of several I'm aware of.  This will be fixed
in our next CD & DVD releases.  It turned out the
person who created the image used a Windows box, and
I tested on my Mac before pushing it to our Unix/Linux
servers.  The OS X filesystem, HFS+, is not case sensitive
(though some of the BSD/Unix tools on it are.  It's a weird
mix.)
  -- Greg Newby


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> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm not sure who I should contact about this problem but I hope you will be
> >able to refer me to who I need to contact.
> >
> >I have downloaded the dvd image pgdvd.iso on to my computer which runs
> >Debian/GNU/Linux, a UNIX compatible operating system.
> >
> >I am unable to access the ebooks using the index files on the disc because
> >the ebook files are recorded on the system using lowercase names but most 
> >of
> >the hyperlinks in the index files are written using mixed case names. This
> >does not matter in a system running Windows but breaks in all unix 
> >compatible
> >systems. I guess that would include Apple Macs running OSX as well as all 
> >of
> >the various flavours of Linux and BSD.
> >
> >That's the bad news. The good news is that I have written a couple of
> >programs to correct these problems, and have done so on my copy of the
> >downloaded dvd iso file.
> >
> >I would like to help out in correcting the indexing problems. I can do this
> >by either making the reworked dvd image available. I would have to snail 
> >mail
> >a the dvd because hosting a 4 gig iso anywhere is out of my reach.
> >Alternatively I would make the programs available in source code form, 
> >under
> >GPL License.
> >
> >I look forward to hearing from you.
> >
> >Bob Parker
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Marcello Perathoner
> >webmaster at gutenberg.org
> 
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