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Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs? |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:21:25 +0200 |
> Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:18:55 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
>
> > Is the vc-dir and "cvs -f status" problem the only reason why you
> > cannot switch to the recent port of CVS offered by
> > http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/binary/ ? If there are other reasons,
> > what are they?
>
> The "cvs -f status" problem is an initial obstacle. I don't have the
> slightest idea what other problems I might encounter when using that
> port.
There's no need to assume there will be other problems, without trying
it first. Can you try and see how well it goes?
> Currently, I'm mostly harassed by the problems that
>
> (1) reverting a buffer under VC may change its line endings from Unix
> to DOS, and
>
> (2) `vc-diff' gets me a Diff buffer with ^M appended on each line.
These two sound unrelated to vc-dir (or even VC in general), but
rather bugs related to setting up the encoding/decoding stuff when
these commands run.
> In the future, I'll be more prudent when reading text like
>
> Hmmm, so all the more reason for people to stop committing stuff
> separately... :-/
>
> -Miles
Yes, people who live on GNU/Linux exclusively frequently underestimate
the plight of using their recipes on other platforms.
Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?, Stefan Monnier, 2009/01/06
- Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/01/06
- Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?, Sam Steingold, 2009/01/12
- Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/01/12
- Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?, dhruva, 2009/01/12
- Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?, dhruva, 2009/01/12
Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?, Sam Steingold, 2009/01/13
Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?, Juanma Barranquero, 2009/01/13
Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs?, mail, 2009/01/06