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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/BUGS b/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/BUGS index 3c4a0d612ef..75841da80f9 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/BUGS +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/BUGS @@ -15,15 +15,16 @@ similar file for the unix-like operating systems (not yet, at least). This file also might contain some platform-specific bugs. -* Importing files as binary (using wrappers to specify that--like -binwrap-1 in the testsuite) will not work on systems which need to -translate between text and binary files (that is, it will work only on -unix). (for the cause, look at send_modified and note that it knows -nothing about whether wrappers specified binary-ness). The file will -be marked as binary, but the contents will be incorrect. The -workaround is (a) import the binary files (but not text files, unless -they have been converted to unix text files) on unix, or (b) check in -the correct contents for the binary files after the import is done. +* Importing files as binary (using -kb or wrappers to specify +binaryness; see binwrap-1 in the testsuite for the latter) will not +work on systems which need to translate between text and binary files +(that is, it will work only on unix). (for the cause, look at +send_modified and note that it knows nothing about whether wrappers +specified binary-ness). The file will be marked as binary, but the +contents will be incorrect. The workaround is (a) import the binary +files (but not text files, unless they have been converted to unix +text files) on unix, or (b) check in the correct contents for the +binary files after the import is done. * Some people have reported seeing the message "dying gasps from %s |