Re: simple question about binary files

[Derek R. Price]

William Mulvihill wrote:

> to the server, does CVS make a backup of that old file and then add the new
> updated file in as the newest version?  Or does it remove the old one and
> replace it with the new one?  I believe the case is that it backups the old

    http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_18.html#SEC162

I've heard rumors that without -mCOPY the RCS diff algorithm will operate
properly on binaries to keep the file size small but I haven't tried it myself
lately and seem to remember running into problems there in the past.

Derek
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