Re: CVSROOT must be an absolute pathname problem

[Larry Jones]

Mike Ayers writes:
> 
>       I do not think it is possible to use WinCVS and Cygwin compiled CVS 
> on the same sandbox. Cygwin CVS expects ALL files to be in Unix mode. 
>   While WinCVS can check out sandbox files with Unix line endings, it 
> should still expect the CVS/* files to use Windows line endings.  You 
> must choose one tool or the other.

I believe it is possible, provided you configure Cygwin to use DOS line
endings when you install CVS.  (There may be a way to specify DOS line
endings at run-time, too; I don't know a whole lot about Cygwin). 
Conversely, WinCVS comes with a command-line CVS; you can just use it
directly (by adding the WinCVS directory to your PATH) rather than using
the Cygwin version.

-Larry Jones

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