Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:33:56 -0500 (EST)
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From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT delorie DOT com>
To:	"Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
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Subject:	Re: MS-DOS path support in CVS
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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:07:43 +0100
>
> Basically, if people want to use a DJGPP CVS sandbox
> together with WinCVS, they'll have to enable WinCVS' "Use Unix LF"
> option (and use "--lf" if they also use its command-line CVS).

In what WinCVS version do you see this option?  The version I have
installed doesn't know about --lf.

> I'll start by setting _fmode to O_BINARY and seeing if that works
> reliably. The only issue there might be when the server sends a
> diff.

Why is diff a problem here?  The server is a Unix machine, right?

> Yes, but the CVS maintainers seem disinclined to accept DOS-specific
> patches anyway - they only accept stuff that is related to CVS on
> the platforms on which they use it.

You mean, they don't want their package to support more platforms than
what they themselves use?  That's a strange attitude.  (But then,
having talked to some of the CVS maintainers, I won't be surprised to
hear this.)

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