Rodent theme, illegal filenames on windows
Jasper Huijsmans
jasper at xfce.org
Sat Dec 18 11:02:47 CET 2004
Maarten Boekhold wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the Rodent theme uses filenames (Rodent/48x48/filesystems/Makefile.am)
> that are illegal under windows. Example:
>
> install-data-local:
> $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(icondir)
> ( cd $(DESTDIR)$(icondir) ; \
> rm -f mime-inode:blockdevice.png ; \
> ...
>
> Windows doesn't allow a colon (:) in a filename. Any suggestions on how
> to fix this? Can we rename these files globally, or should I add a
> cygwin-specific section to the Makefile.am?
>
Hehe, then it seems the proposed freedesktop standard excludes windows...
I think they are symlinks, so the easiest way may be to not create and
remove these files for cygwin. It shouldn't affect Xfce.
Benedikt, any houghts on this?
Jasper
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