Problems with cvswrappers MERGE directive

[Douglas Finkle]

I need to be able to provide the CVS server with a directive
that forces a merge using the cvswrappers functionality,
overriding CVS's default COPY behavior for files marked as '-kb'.

Without adding complications of explaining our build process
suffice it to say there is a requirement that all sources,
regardless of the platform on which they build/run, are
checked out on UNIX. This of course causes all files to have
UNIX line endings-- unless the files are -kbe'ed, in which 
case line endings are untouched.

The lack of a CR/LF line ending format cause file read errors
by IDE's such as MS VB-- unless line endings are preserved by
way of marking the files as binary, i.e. '-kb'. But then there
is no merge-- only copy.

What I really need, since many of the IDE files are truly
ascii text, is to using the MERGE directive to *force* the
merge of the selected files.

Here is an example of what I have in cvswrappers:

# Visual Basic Formats
*.[Cc][Ll][Ss] -k 'b' -m 'MERGE'

But, the MERGE directive is being ignored, and a COPY is
instead occurring. I really need this flexibility... hopefully
I am just doing something wrong, or maybe a later version
of the server will do.

Presently using CVS 1.11.1p1 on Solaris 2.8.  Thanks!!!