> On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 09:54:55AM -0700, Shankar Unni wrote: > >Gerrit P. Haase wrote: > > > >>The only real reason why textmode is needed is that notepad cannot > >>handle binmode (unix) textfiles. > > > >Unfortunately, other tools are also thrown by binmode/textmode. > > > >Ironically, cvs is one of them: if you have a binmode mount, > and run a > >*native* cvs (e.g. cvsnt) that writes a .cvspass file with > CR-NL, then > >the Cygwin cvs tries to read it in binmode, and chokes on > the CR. Grrr. > >So around here, at least, anyone who needs to use the Cygwin cvs and > >WinCVS on the same work area must use a textmode mount. > > > >So really, textmode support is unavoidable, or else all the ported > >tools have to be made aware of possible CR-NL line endings.. > > Well, nearly any native UNIX tool would be confused by CRLF > endings. If you are going to use Windows and UNIX tools like > that then you sort of get what you deserve, IMO. Just stick > with Cygwin CVS and you'll be all set.
...as long as you don't put the repository on a text mount. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/