Re: [Gnu-arch-users] corrupted binary files

[David Allouche]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:53:54AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> >>>>> "David" == David Allouche <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>     David> Are you sure the cvs-keyword configuration for that file is
>     David> correct?
> 
> How do I tell/verify what the config is for a given file?

You should be able to get that info from "cvs log" somehow. I am no CVS
user, I just know enough of it to be able to use "cscvs totla".

>     David> When adding the "-kb" (disable the damn expansion) option
>     David> to the "cvs update" command in cscvs, things work right.
> 
> Hmmm... That works... Not sure if this is good or bad...

Actually, I'm wondering wether cscvs should not use -kb all the time.
The CVS keyword substitution is just trouble.

> I thought everyone knew these days the importance of using -kb for
> binary files in CVS :-(.

See Andrew Suffield post about upstream being stupid...

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