Rolf Krahl writes: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones) writes: > > > > It didn't cause any trouble that you noticed. The file that CVS uses to > > keep track of editing information uses those characters as delimiters, > > so having them in a directory name confuses CVS and makes various edit > > functions not work right, frequently with very obscure error messages. > > You mean CVS/fileattr in the repository?
Yes. > > The only change was to provide a clear error message right aways rather > > than planting a time bomb to blow up later. > > With the difference that before, it might have caused some single > command to fail, while now, it seems that i cannot use CVS at all for > this project anymore. (No, i don't have the option to change this > directory name.) You just can't use the edit command -- all the other commands work fine. And it's only the name of your working directory that matters, not the name of the repository directory, so why can't you change it? -Larry Jones I wonder if I can grow fangs when my baby teeth fall out. -- Calvin _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
