Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:48:15 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:36:24 +0100
> 
> > I don't see how text file format is a problem: I expect CVS either to
> > use text-mode reads or remove CR before LF after reading the files.
> It uses text mode reads. This means that if a sandbox is shared
> between a DJGPP CVS and a Linux one, text files would get dossified(tm)
> frequently, causing potential trouble.

Well, that's another problem, then.  Let's take the problems one at a
time, okay? ;-)

> The backslash thing wasn't the problem; the requirement of the
> :local: prefix might be (i.e. should we require/prepend a :local:
> prefix just because the Win32 CVS does?).

I'm not sure.  Perhaps I don't really understand the issue.  Can you
elaborate a bit?