Re: CVS and ^M

[David Koski]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 15:59:53 -0400 (EDT)
address@hidden (Larry Jones) wrote:

> David Koski writes [in very long lines]:
> > 
> > What do you mean "Don't mount the sandbox on the server"?
> 
> I mean, don't share directories between Windows and Unix/Linux; the file
> formats and filesystem semantics are different.  They're similar enough
> that many things will work and fool you into thinking that everything
> will work, which it won't.  Unless you're using the server strictly as a
> server and only access the directory from the client, never directly on
> the server, it's a bad idea that will eventually bite you.
> 
> > My sandbox happens to be on a server share (Windows client/workstation,
> > linux smb share) but I have observed the same behaviour on a stand-alone
> > Windows based sandbox.
> > 
> > cygwin cvs works fine for me.  I don't use WinCVS.
> 
> cygwin works fine if you tell it to use DOS line endings by default, or
> if you never use any native Windows tools.  Anything else will
> eventually cause grief.

My experience is quite the contrary.  I had nothing but headaches when I let 
cygwin muck with my line endings, which is what it was doing in text mode, ie. 
using DOS line endings.  I use native Windows tools with the same text files 
almost exclusively.  When I switched to binary mode cygwin, no problem.  Some 
files have mixed line endings but the linux based cvs server behaves as if the 
optional ^M character is like any other character, providing I don't use cygwin 
in text mode.  cygwin in binary mode works great, on a SAMBA share or locally 
on a Win box, either via pserver or external.  I also use linux cvs on the same 
sandbox on the SAMBA share, mixed/matched line endings.

David