Windows Clients and UNIX Servers?
Windows clients generally work with UNIX CVS servers accessed via the :pserver: method or via SSH. Some common problems include: • Due to case insensitivity, it is possible, though uncommon, to have two files which get checked out on UNIX which look like a single file under Windows. • If you use two subdirectory names in one directory which differ only in case, the Windows box will get big problems on checkout and update. Even if one subdirectory is empty while the other is not (and you use -Pd options), you will get “cvs update: move away `foo/bar.c’; it is in the way” messages frequently. This is because the Windows CVS client does not find out that these are different directories, thus, the CVS/ subdirectory of one directory will be overwritten with the CVS/ directory of the other. It seems to be pure luck which one gets overwritten with with one. • Don’t use the same workspace under Windows and UNIX via a network share or whatever. CVS performs OS dependant line ending conversions
