Re: CVSROOT must be an absolute pathname problem

[Larry Jones]

Mike Ayers writes:
> 
> Larry Jones wrote:
> 
> > I don't think so -- I'm talking about when you install Cygwin stuff, on
> > the "Select Root Install Directory" screen, there's a "Default Text File
> > Type" check-box that allows you to select "DOS" or "Unix".  Provided you
> > select "DOS", the Cygwin cvs interoperates just fine with WinCVS.
> 
>       Whoa, that's new!  You sound like you've verified this, yes?

To a certain extent.  They can certainly interoperate in a working
directory when using client/server mode.  Local mode is a bit trickier
since WinCVS uses native DOS paths and Cygwin uses it's own mapped file
system paths, but it could probably be made to work with a bit of
effort.  But, as I've said before, there's no reason to do so -- WinCVS
comes with a fine command-line CVS (cvs.exe), so there's no reason to
use Cygwin CVS too.

-Larry Jones

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