Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/08/21/00:10:17
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 09:54:55AM -0700, Shankar Unni wrote:
> >Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> >
> >>The only real reason why textmode is needed is that notepad cannot
> >>handle binmode (unix) textfiles.
> >
> >Unfortunately, other tools are also thrown by binmode/textmode.
> >
> >Ironically, cvs is one of them: if you have a binmode mount,
> and run a
> >*native* cvs (e.g. cvsnt) that writes a .cvspass file with
> CR-NL, then
> >the Cygwin cvs tries to read it in binmode, and chokes on
> the CR. Grrr.
> >So around here, at least, anyone who needs to use the Cygwin cvs and
> >WinCVS on the same work area must use a textmode mount.
> >
> >So really, textmode support is unavoidable, or else all the ported
> >tools have to be made aware of possible CR-NL line endings..
>
> Well, nearly any native UNIX tool would be confused by CRLF
> endings. If you are going to use Windows and UNIX tools like
> that then you sort of get what you deserve, IMO. Just stick
> with Cygwin CVS and you'll be all set.
...as long as you don't put the repository on a text mount.
--
Gary R. Van Sickle
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