From owner-cvs-all Mon Feb 1 12:03:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA08898 for cvs-all-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:03:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA08867; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:03:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from harmony [10.0.0.6] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #1) id 107PZ7-0001Fv-00; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:03:25 -0700 Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.1/8.8.3) with ESMTP id NAA99964; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:04:08 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199902012004.NAA99964@harmony.village.org> To: Nate Williams Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/examples/svr4 README compat_sol26.tar. Cc: Peter Wemm , John Polstra , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.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> <199902010201.KAA06373@spinner.netplex.com.au> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 13:04:08 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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