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CVS is not doing line-end conversion correctly
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If you're running the CVS client on a non-Unix platform and are not
getting the line-end conventions that you want in some working copy
files, it's usually because they were accidentally added with -kb when
they shouldn't have been.  This can be fixed in the repository with,
believe it or not, the command:

     floss$ cvs admin -kkv FILE

The -kkv means to do normal keyword substitution and implies normal
line-end conversions as well.  (Internally, CVS is a bit confused about
the difference between keyword substitution and line-end conversion.
This confusion is reflected in the way the -k options can control both
parameters.)

Unfortunately, that admin command only fixes the file in the repository
- your working copy still thinks the file is binary.  You can hand edit
the CVS/Entries line for that file, removing the -kb, but that won't
solve the problem for any other working copies out there.