From: Nehal M. <ne...@ca...> - 2002-12-18 03:32:40
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Earnie Boyd wrote: > Nehal Mistry wrote: > >> cvs from ftp.cvshome.org >> cvs-1-11-1p1.zip >> > > Thanks, I'll give it a try. > >> i dont mind using the one from msysDTK ... but either way, >> it did work in an earlier version of msys... therefore >> i believe this is a bug of somesort and should be fixed... >> > > The term bug isn't the correct term. The term hardship or problem may > be better suited. The problem I have is where is it better to make > changes to ease the effects of the hardship. If I change it in MSYS > causing all pathing to use \ rather than / then I cause problems > elsewhere. If I can easily work a change that's acceptable to > maintainers of cvs source then that may be the better solution. I can > tell you there is no best solution for this case. > > Perhaps a better work around for you would be to set the CVSEDITOR > environment variable in the Win32 environment instead of the MSYS > environment. That way MSYS will inherit it and your cvs version > should still work. Please give it a go and let me know the results. > > Earnie. > i set CVSEDITOR=notepad.exe from win32 environment and commented out the one in 'profile' .... it did not help... still doesnt work i guess its not worth fixing it if it causes other problems.... i could just do CVSEDITOR="c:\windows\notepad.exe" or i could commit with cvs commit -m "log message" ... lots of workarounds... so not a big deal.. thx, Nehal |