Re: UNIX version doesn't handle ^M in Entries/Repository if DOS ver used

[Noel L Yap]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2000.04.07 21:10:51
>At the risk of repeating myself, we are NOT talking about the files that
>are under source code control. We are ONLY talking about the files
>    CVS/Entries
>    CVS/Repository
>    CVS/Root
>and no other files of any name, kind, shape, sort or venue at all.
>
>These are plain text files.  Client programs should not stumble over
>white space (consiting of \n or \r or \r\n) line endings in those
>three files.

As a user, I would have to agree with this.  As someone who develops code, I
know how much of a pain it would be to fix since you couldn't rely on the
standard C libraries anymore.  So, as a compromise, I'd say those who wish CVS
not to stumble on line ending issues wrto admin files should do the work and
submit a patch.

Noel