[boost] About line endings and CVS

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-08 18:29:20

I, too, have noticed that some of the headers have strange line breaks.  To
fix this:

1.  Make sure that the header is stored in CVS in text mode.  CVS takes
extra precautions on text-file handling.  I think only the CVS gods (at
SourceForge) can fix a file accidentally put in binary mode.

2.  My client does the following, hopefully all of yours do too.  If a CVS
client detects it's up/down-loading a text file, then the client converts
the file from/to the platform's text file conventions.  (CVS stores text
files internally in UNIX format.)

If both of these are true, then someone can fix a file with bad line breaks,
and upload the fix permanently.

-- 
Daryle Walker
Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie
darylew AT mac DOT com