Re: "failed to read diff file header" for binary files

[Larry Jones]

Matthew Herrmann writes:
> 
> cvs server: failed to read diff file header /tmp/cvsR485Y3 for
> ExperimentInfo.frx,v: end of file
> 
> using 1.11.1.2 on redhat server. it seems to be for files marked with -kb.

That's to be expected.  Diff won't diff binary files by default --
instead of the normal output, you get a single line, "Binary files a and
b differ".  CVS is expecting a normal two-line diff header, so it runs
into end of file before it expects to.

-Larry Jones

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