Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 13:04:08 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/examples/svr4 README compat_sol26.tar. Message-ID: <199902012004.NAA99964@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Feb 1999 12:33:58 MST." <199902011933.MAA18892@mt.sri.com> References: <199902011933.MAA18892@mt.sri.com> <XFMail.990131121408.jdp@polstra.com> <199902010201.KAA06373@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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In message <199902011933.MAA18892@mt.sri.com> Nate Williams writes: : FWIW, we use binary files on 3 OS's using CVS w/out any problems. : However, you *MUST* use -kb (or use wrappers to auto-recognize them). I have found in past lives that neglecting to add -kb is the source of much woe and gnashing of teeth, late night phone calls to yours truly, etc. : But, binaries are not handled well or effeciently in CVS. I believe that is the "real" reason why large binaries aren't in the tree. CVS's handling of them is substandard at best. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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