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Arthur Barrett wrote: > Can anyone tell me what the current status of the -t/-f flags for > cvswrappers is ? > I did some research. The problem goes back to cvs 1.9.26, and looks like it isn't simple to fix (if Jim Kingdon couldn't work it out then I doubt I'd have much chance). Apparently a change around then caused the -t/-f flags to corrupt code, which couldn't be fixed easily. There was a document describing this but it has long since disappeared... without this document there is little chance of working out how to safely enable the option. Tony Subject: Re: Destroying code? Re: Wrappers-yes or no? (was: binary files) From: Jim Kingdon <[PRIVACY PROTECTION]> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 10:19:51 -0400 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > CVS 1.9.26 (and 1.9.27) will destroy people's sources if they are > > using -t/-f wrappers. > > Whoah! That's news to me! Under what conditions does this happen???? See http://www.cyclic.com/cvs/dev-wrap.txt (I won't try to summarize it here, as I'd probably leave something out). This and other links regarding -t/-f wrappers are at http://www.cyclic.com/cyclic-pages/unoff.html -- "Wipe Info uses hexadecimal values to wipe files. This provides more security than wiping with decimal values." -- Norton SystemWorks 2002 Manual tmh at nothing-on.tv http://www.nothing-on.tv _______________________________________________ Cvsnt mailing list Cvsnt at cvsnt.org http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs