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Authored by rmacklem on Oct 31 2025, 9:15 PM.
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Summary

Commit d6864221d8 added support for the _PC_CASE_INSENSITIVE
name for pathconf, to indicate if case insensitive lookups
are configured.

This patch documents this new name and also updates
the description for _PC_HAS_HIDDENSYSTEM to also
include UF_ARCHIVE.

This is a content change.

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lib/libsys/pathconf.2
197

But I am not sure what is the correct English.

rmacklem added inline comments.
lib/libsys/pathconf.2
197

performs sounds fine to me.

rmacklem added inline comments.
lib/libsys/pathconf.2
197

Or maybe "lookups" (plural)? As in...
Return 1 if the file system performs case insensitive lookups,

lib/libsys/pathconf.2
197

Yes, plural 'lookups' sounds more correct to me.

Reword the line to say "performs case insensitive lookups,"
as suggested by kib@.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Nov 1 2025, 12:06 AM