[I am not on this mailing list. Please cc: me in replies.] > * CVS (the remote protocol) doesn't track file permissions, > ownership and symbolic links.
In ftp://ftp.pn.com/pub/bb/cvsmapfs you'll find a workaround: # Purpose: # # It would be extremely useful to store an entire UNIX under # cvs. However, the only thing cvs promises to restore at # checkout is the contents of files, not owners, groups, modes, # symlinks, or devices. Cvsmapfs records this extra information # so you can restore it after a checkout, and then deletes # non-files and non-dirs so cvs won't choke on them. It # restores empty directories that cvs 'optimized away'. It # deals transparently with funny characters in filenames, and # warns you when they might cause cvs or rcs to misbehave. It # puts hard links back, even when they aren't in the same # directory. A member of the League for Programming Freedom (LPF) http://lpf.ai.mit.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.wv.com - Working Version, Cambridge, MA
