Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] Binary files in CVS

[F. <j_r...@ya...>]

Luke,

On 2002.05.15 04:02 Luke Dunstan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I mentioned before the problem of checking in text files with CRLF line
> endings using a CVS client that operates in binary mode (e.g. a
> MSYS-dependent one). But there are also some files currently in CVS that
> really are binary but are not marked as such. For example, checking out
> "utils/drmingw/doc/sample.gif" with a Windows-native CVS client creates a
> corrupt file because of newline translation. The correct way to check in
> binary files is to "cvs add" them with the -kb option, and the CVS manual
> (see http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_9.html#SEC82) also contains
> instructions for setting the binary flag on existing files.
> 
> The only binary files I have noticed are the *.gif and *.ico files in
> drmingw, so if the maintainer could make this adjustment I would be
> grateful, or just let me know and I will do it myself (assuming that I
> can find a copy of the original files).
> 

Done. I've made "cvs admin -kb ..." as suggested in the above link.

Thanks,

José Fonseca