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Re: cvs failing due to something adding ^m to my CVSROOT - fixed
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: "Gord Wait" <Gord_Wait at spectrumsignal dot com>, <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 16:29:27 -0400
- Subject: Re: cvs failing due to something adding ^m to my CVSROOT - fixed
At 04:22 PM 4/8/2002, Gord Wait wrote:
>I made things work by changing my working directory mount type
>from binmode to textmode.. (IE the directory where my source
>code files and CVS bits are kept is now in cygwin text mode..)
>
>Hope that makes sense!
If the files in that directory are text mode, then yes, that makes sense.
If they are in binary mode, then no, it doesn't make sense.
The one thing that is clear. The repository for CVS must be in a binary
mounted file system.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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