CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Adrian Constantin
Hi all, I've created a simple repository on a Linux server with one module wich is a web site. My working directory is on a Windows machine and I have to use ssh to connect to the server. I've tried several ssh clients and with all of them the checkout command creates corrupted image files in my

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Mark D. Baushke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adrian Constantin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've created a simple repository on a Linux server with one module wich is a web site. My working directory is on a Windows machine and I have to use ssh to connect to the server. I've tried several ssh

cvs checkout: move away foo; it is in the way

2004-06-05 Thread kynn
Sorry, I noticed a typo in the interaction transcript I posted in the original message for this thread (see comments beginning with ###). Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:17:03 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cvs checkout: move away foo; it is in the way To: [EMAIL

Re: Load test CVS

2004-06-05 Thread Brian Gough
Martin d'Anjou [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Data integrity, mostly. Like everyone else, we've had the odd hardware failures. I figure heating up the machine with some load of real-life [cvs] activity will highlight first order issues, which may not be related to CVS at all btw, but more

reports

2004-06-05 Thread Ramanuj Singh
How cvsgraph/cvsweb extract tags and branches from repository. I have gone through their codes but I m harldly able to get some information about the extraction of tags and branches. Or give me a script which gives information about all the tags and branches along with the date of creation

CVS bug? cvs checkout: move away bar; it is in the way

2004-06-05 Thread kynn
OK, I've significantly narrowed down the problem from my original post (which, I now realize, had much irrelevant stuff). I also provide a script below that reproduces the problem if anyone wants to play around with this. All you need to do to it is edit the value of TESTCVSROOT, and it's

RE: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Peter Connolly
And to make the -kb automatic with binary file types, modify your cvswrappers file... https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.16/cvs_18.html#SEC166 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:info-cvs- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark D. Baushke Sent: Friday, June

RE: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Adrian Constantin
--- Peter Connolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And to make the -kb automatic with binary file types, modify your cvswrappers file... Must I tell explicitly to cvs that I transfer text/binary files between different systems ? Yes, for binary files. See the -kb switch. Or

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Mark D. Baushke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adrian Constantin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- Peter Connolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And to make the -kb automatic with binary file types, modify your cvswrappers file... Must I tell explicitly to cvs that I transfer

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Adrian Constantin
--- Mark D. Baushke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adrian Constantin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After hours of tests I got it to work. For the begining... Too dificult to set up, I think You may wish to choose a tool that is better for your particular needs. cvs is not at that friendly

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Mark D. Baushke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adrian Constantin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- Mark D. Baushke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adrian Constantin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After hours of tests I got it to work. For the begining... Too dificult to set up, I think

Running standard CVS and CVSNT on the same repository?

2004-06-05 Thread Doug Lee
I run a CVS server on FreeBSD, currently cvs v1.11.5 because that's what came with my FreeBSD installation. I access this server from the same FreeBSD box, from another FreeBSD box, and from an assortment of Windows machines, currently all using standard CVS under Windows. I'm wondering if I can

RE: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Peter Connolly
Too dificult to set up, I think Shouldn't cvs have a list of binary file types preinstalled in the cvswrappers ? I agree, it should. ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

RE: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Peter Connolly
You may wish to choose a tool that is better for your particular needs. cvs is not at that friendly at controlling and merging binary files. Actually, if there are a lot of binary files in your repository, you might want to consider switching to Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/) since

RE: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Peter Connolly
Too dificult to set up, I think Shouldn't cvs have a list of binary file types preinstalled in the cvswrappers ? I agree, it should. ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

RE: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Peter Connolly
You may wish to choose a tool that is better for your particular needs. cvs is not at that friendly at controlling and merging binary files. Actually, if there are a lot of binary files in your repository, you might want to consider switching to Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/) since

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Larry Jones
Adrian Constantin writes: Or maybe projects for Unix/Linux platforms do not usualy have binary files, but I don't really think so... CVS is a *source* control system; source files are rarely binary. It does support them as an afterthought, but that's not what it was designed to do. -Larry

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Paul Sander
--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adrian Constantin writes: Or maybe projects for Unix/Linux platforms do not usualy have binary files, but I don't really think so... CVS is a *source* control system; source files are rarely binary. I disagree with this statement. Source files are

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Doug Lee
Is it a proven thing that CVS can corrupt a binary file if no merges are tried and no CR/LF boundary rules are broken? In other words, if I set -kb on a binary file and then do nothing to it but commit updates and sometimes request an old revision, keeping my sandbox in the OS in which it was

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Adrian Constantin
--- Paul Sander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adrian Constantin writes: Or maybe projects for Unix/Linux platforms do not usualy have binary files, but I don't really think so... CVS is a *source* control system; source files are rarely binary. I disagree with this statement. Source

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Mark D. Baushke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Doug Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it a proven thing that CVS can corrupt a binary file if no merges are tried and no CR/LF boundary rules are broken? No. In other words, if I set -kb on a binary file and then do nothing to it but commit

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Adrian Constantin
Doug Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it a proven thing that CVS can corrupt a binary file if no merges are tried and no CR/LF boundary rules are broken? No. I got it. It will corrupt my files in the default configuration after instalation, until I tell it that .gif files

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Paul Sander
--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it a proven thing that CVS can corrupt a binary file if no merges are tried and no CR/LF boundary rules are broken? In other words, if I set -kb on a binary file and then do nothing to it but commit updates and sometimes request an old revision,

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Gianni Mariani
Peter Connolly wrote: Too dificult to set up, I think Shouldn't cvs have a list of binary file types preinstalled in the cvswrappers ? I agree, it should. I second that ! I did 3 years ago. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09098.html BTW - the cvswrappers file in the

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Paul Sander
--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doug Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In other words, if I set -kb on a binary file and then do nothing to it but commit updates and sometimes request an old revision, keeping my sandbox in the OS in which it was checked out, could I ever get a bad

Re: CVS corrupts binary files ...

2004-06-05 Thread Paul Sander
--- Forwarded mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doug Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think there are some binary diff algorithms... Indeed. Consider svn which uses xdelta internally. To be fair, CvsNt also has ways of dealing better with binary formats than the cvshome version. There is