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Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 23:02:27 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Updated: cvs-1.11.6-3 [Requires cygwin-1.5.3+]
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To clarify: the warning below ONLY applies if you are using the cygwin 
version of cvs to maintain a local repository.  If you're just using the 
cvs client to access remote (unix-hosted?) repositories, the you don't 
need to worry about this.

In other words, if you EVER did the following, using cygwin's cvs:

    cvs init

then you need to follow the instructions below.  Otherwise, party on.

--
Chuck


Charles Wilson wrote:

> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> There has been a CHANGE in the on-disk format
> of gdbm database files, due to the cygwin-1.3.22--cygwin-1.5.x
> 32bit--64bit transition.  This affects all programs which
> use gdbm -- including cvs.  You MUST update your on-disk
> databases immediately after updating to
> 
>   cvs-1.11.6-3
>   libgdbm4-1.8.3-7
> 
> To do this, use the 'convert-gdbm' script included in the
> gdbm-1.8.3-7 and newer packages:
> 
>   today=`date +%Y%m%d`
>   cd ${CVSROOT}/CVSROOT
>   cp modules.db modules.db.${today}
>   cp val-tags.db val-tags.db.${today}
>   convert-gdbm modules.db
>   convert-gdbm val-tags.db
> 
> (If you have been using the test versions of gdbm and cvs, and have 
> already updated your databases, there is no need to do so again)
> 
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!