Re: problem with binary attribute -kb

[Eric Siegerman]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 10:44:22AM -0400, Stanton, Curt (NCI/IMS) wrote:
> I have recently switched from RCS to CVS and now a few of my java files have
> the -kb option set.  They are java files, so they are text not binary.  Is
> there a way that I can issue a command through the client to get rid of any
> -k options?

Well, you can't get rid of it, but you can set it to a more
appropriate value.  Use:
        cvs admin -k<whatever> file...

> If not would setting the -ko option make the file work the same
> as no -k option?

As I said, I don't think there's such a thing as "no -k option".
Choose -kkv or -ko, depending on whether you want $Id$ and
friends to work "normally" or to be ignored (aka not f**ed with).
There's no Right Answer to that; it depends on your
circumstances.  (There are other choices too, but those are
rarely used, in my experience.)

> Another question, one of my files that was set with the
> -kb has in the Repo ,v file a line 'locks; strict;'  , while in other files
> it is just 'locks;'   What does this mean?

See the rcs(1) man page: -L and -U options.  It looks as though
CVS likes to have strict locking turned *on* -- at least, that's
how many of my CVS-created ,v files are set.

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