Re: Accessing the same working directory from UNIX ans Windows

[Larry Jones]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> Now a checkout a module with WinCVS 1.2 on Win NT 4.0, which has the local
> working directory mounted on a Samba-server running Solaris.
> I now need to access this working directory from the Solaris-Server, but I
> can't, because I cannot do a cvs login.

That's a very dangerous thing to do.  NT and Unix have different line
ending conventions which can cause no end of grief.  In particular,
checking out on one platform and then trying to do CVS commands in the
same directory from the other platform generally doesn't work right,
although it isn't always immediately obvious.

> Are there any incompatibilities between the Windows and the Solaris-Version
> of cvs, which prevent me from doing so??

There shouldn't be.  As for your specific problem with logging in, what
error message do you get?  Chances are your $CVSROOT isn't correct.

-Larry Jones

He doesn't complain, but his self-righteousness sure gets on my nerves.
-- Calvin