1. developer shares a linux dive using samba to a win box
  2. edits perl on linux system down through win box ( some would say this is mistake #1)
  3. makes small case error,  use ModuleFoobarExtreme, when the true name of the module is ModuleFooBarExtreme (note subtle cap difference)
  4. and here's the evil part: because the unix dir is samba mapped, it is case insensitive (because dos is, argh), so the everything works for said developer, all tests pass, life is good,
  5. that developer check in 'working' code
  6. watch code fail when checked out to normal dir (that isn't samba shared)
just a rambling meditation on samba and dos and case.... no particular point to make, but jeepers, how annoying.

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