Thanks for your help Arthur,
Our CVS server is using version 1.11.22 on a Solaris X86 box, using pserver to our clients. Our clients are using Windows, Solaris Sparc, Solaris x86 and Ubuntu, spread across fours sites around the world.
Thanks for the links below, I will read through and see if it helps in resolving our problem.
Norm.
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Barrett [mailto:***@march-hare.com]
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 4:50 AM
To: Crisp, Norman (Norman); info-***@nongnu.org
Subject: RE: Question regarding the cvswarppers file
Hi Norman,
What version of CVS server are you using? In particular is it 1.11,
1.12 or 2.0, 2.5, 2.8 (CVSNT)?
The cvswrappers file defines the 'default' mode for files added to the repository, this mode can be many things including binary or non-binary.
Eg: with CVSNT it can specify unicode, ascii, binary, efficient binary, unix-line-endings, windows-line-endings, reserved mode, unreserved mode...
http://march-hare.com/library/cvsnt/Substitution-modes.html
and
http://march-hare.com/library/cvsnt/Wrappers.html
But under 'default' circumstances - any settings in 'cvswrappers' can be overridden by the client. Again if using CVSNT (on
windows/linux/hpux/solaris/mac) you can set the server compatibility options to 'ignore client side kopt' so that the cvswrappers settings are always used.
Does that help?
Regards,
Arthur
-----Original Message-----
org] On Behalf Of Crisp, Norman (Norman)
Sent: Friday, 11 November 2011 2:02 AM
Subject: Question regarding the cvswarppers file
Hello all,
I understand the cvswrappers file can be used to force certain file
type to be added to the repository as a binary file. We come across
the odd time where people add new text files as binary files, and this
does cause problems for us.
Can the cvswrappers file also be used to force text files to be added
as text files?
Would something like this work?
*.java -k 'k'
Thank you
Norm.