R: [cvsnt] binary file question

[Alberto Barbati]

Hi,

I'm using 1.11.1.3 Build 68 and I'm also experiencing this problem. I have a
few remarks to add that could be useful to track down the problem:

1) If I use "cvs update" I get a correct binary file of the last version;

2) If I use "cvs -r x.x update" I also get a correct binary file of any
previous versions;

3) If I use "cvs -p -r x.x update" I get a garbled file. It's not just a
CRLF translation problem: I inspected the file with a hex editor and it
clearly contains text strings that shouldn't be there. Weird!

Hope this helps,

Alberto Barbati

> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Mike Stewart [mailto:mstewart at mail.lifelearn.com]
> Inviato: giovedì 20 febbraio 2003 23.40
> A: cvsnt at cvsnt.org
> Oggetto: [cvsnt] binary file question
> 
> 
> I am happily running cvsnt (1.11.1.3  (Build 57a) ) on Win2K
> 
> The text file functions have been great and it has already 
> saved my butt a 
> bunch of times.
> 
> I tried to retrieve previous revision of a binary file and it 
> comes back as 
> garbage.  The byte count is bigger by 382 bytes.  It's a jpg 
> file and every 
> submission has the -kb option on it (wincvs thinks it's 
> binary as it was 
> told).
> 
> I checked this on all my binary files (.doc, .gif, .jpg, 
> etc.) and they are 
> all munched (I didn't check if the byte difference was 
> consistent I suspect 
> not from a brief look).
> 
> How do I keep useful previous revisions of binary files using 
> CVS or do I?
> 
> I've read about locking and unlocking binaries but the 
> documentation isn't 
> clear and I don't understand why/how the file locking thing works.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> mike stewart
> 
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