[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/PCbuild make_versioninfo.dsp, 1.1.2.1, 1.1.2.2

[Thomas Heller]

Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd at acm.org> writes:

> theller at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
>> Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/PCbuild
>> In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv29575
>> Modified Files:
>>       Tag: release23-maint
>> 	make_versioninfo.dsp Log Message:
>> Sigh.  dsp files must be marked as binary files for cvs, otherwise
>> MSVC isn't able to read them.  Thanks to David Rushby.
>
> Actually, this is not entirely true.
> They must be marked with -ko, i.e. CVS keywords must not be
> expanded. But it is ok if they are treated as text files.

That may be, but the real problem is that MSVC refuses to load them if
they have unix line endings.  And the source tarball is built on a unix
like system.

Thomas