[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >Description:
> If you have a shared filesystem that is sometimes accessed by the
> Win32 version and sometimes under UNIX, the UNIX version barfs
> because the DOS version leaves ^M cookies at the end of each line
> in CVS/Entries, CVS/Repository, CVS/Root, etc AND because the
> UNIX line-reading code isn't aggressive enough about portability
> to strip out trailing ^M's.
Don't do that. Working directories are not designed to be shared
between systems with incompatible file formats (e.g., DOS and Unix).
Put the repository on a shared file system if you must (and even then
it's better to use client/server CVS instead), but *NEVER* try to share
working directories.
-Larry Jones
When you're SERIOUS about having fun, it's not much fun at all! -- Calvin
