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Olaf Groeger wrote:
> I checked this against client versions 2.0.58, 2.0.51, 2.0.41 and all of
> them corrupt the data by importing the binary as text! The reverse, 2.5.
> client connects to 2.0.41 server fails completly with "The given file
> handle is invalid". From my point of view version 2.5 is now completly
> incompatible to 2.0.
It's actually working fine:
C:\t>cvs -d :sspi:chacotay:/repo ver
Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.36 (client/server)
Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.5.03 (Scorpio) Build 2127
(client/server)
C:\t>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 9C8B-96B7
Directory of C:\t
24/10/2005 19:12 <DIR> .
24/10/2005 19:12 <DIR> ..
24/10/2005 19:12 2,986,038 test.bmp
1 File(s) 2,986,038 bytes
2 Dir(s) 4,051,509,248 bytes free
C:\t>cvs -d :sspi:chacotay:/repo import -W "*.bmp -k 'b'" -n bmptest
U bmptest/test.bmp
No conflicts created by this import
C:\t>cd ../t2
C:\t2>cvs -d :sspi:chacotay:/repo co bmptest
cvs server: Updating bmptest
U bmptest/test.bmp
C:\t2>dir bmptest
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 9C8B-96B7
Directory of C:\t2\bmptest
24/10/2005 19:30 <DIR> .
24/10/2005 19:30 <DIR> ..
24/10/2005 19:26 2,986,038 test.bmp
1 File(s) 2,986,038 bytes
2 Dir(s) 4,048,531,456 bytes free
C:\t2>fc/b bmptest\test.bmp ..\t\test.bmp
Comparing files BMPTEST\test.bmp and ..\T\TEST.BMP
FC: no differences encountered
Note due to bugs in the cvswrappers handling of 2.0.36 you have to be
careful about the format of the cvswrappers file (use the old cvs format
-k 'b' not the more generic -kb), or don't have a cvswrappers at all.
OTOH I wouldn't recommend trying to run something that old anyway..
there are many many bug fixes since those versions were current.
Tony