Re: UNIX version doesn't handle ^M in Entries/Repository if DOS ver used

[Ian Darwin]

On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 08:57:18PM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
> Although most tools shouldn't differentiate between the different line endings
> (they're just white space anyway, to a compiler they might at well be spaces),
> the same should not apply to a tool that should handle files generically (eg
> source control tools and editors).
> 
At the risk of repeating myself, we are NOT talking about the files that
are under source code control. We are ONLY talking about the files
        CVS/Entries
        CVS/Repository
        CVS/Root
and no other files of any name, kind, shape, sort or venue at all.

These are plain text files.  Client programs should not stumble over
white space (consiting of \n or \r or \r\n) line endings in those
three files. 

Ian