Re: cvswrappers and toFilter/fromFilter options

[Mark D. Baushke]

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cary51 <address@hidden> writes:

> have the -t and -f fillter options ever been implemented?

Yes, but the options were disabled on May 20, 1998 (before cvs 1.9.28
was released) due to a serious bug.

For details read here:
 http://ximbiot.com/cvs/cvshome/docs/infowrapper.html

The options were never implemented for client/server versions of CVS.

> we're using 1.11.6 due to an old eclipse 2.x issue
> 
> after doing a cvs init, the cvswrappers file contains the following
> snip--------------------------
> #  where option is one of
> #  -f         from cvs filter         value: path to filter
> #  -t         to cvs filter           value: path to filter
> #  -m         update methodology      value: MERGE or COPY
> #  -k         expansion mode          value: b, o, kkv, &c
> snip--------------------------
> 
> but trying to use it causes:
>    cvs [add aborted]: -t/-f wrappers not supported by this version of
> CVS
> 
> looks like a great way to go (i wanted to gzip/gunzip the binary files
> due to 10-1 compression)

The great way to go for binary files is to non-cvs based configuration
management system... You may wish to look at subversion (svn).

ChangeLog entry:

1998-05-20  Jim Kingdon  <address@hidden>

        * wrapper.c (wrap_add): Disable -t/-f wrappers at least until the
        serious bug can be fixed.

% cvs log -N -r1.23 wrapper.c
...
revision 1.23
date: 1998-05-20 16:39:13 +0000;  author: kingdon;  state: Exp;  lines: +10 -0
        * wrapper.c (wrap_add): Disable -t/-f wrappers at least until the
        serious bug can be fixed.
...
%

        -- Mark
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