[Monotone-devel] Re: Possible bug in 'mtn cat'

[Lapo Luchini]

Marcin W. Dąbrowski wrote:
> On my machine, it gives:
> 
> 2009-09-21 23:49:57,85 C:\tmp\mtn\mtn-cat-bug
> $ mtn version --full
> monotone 0.45
> (base revision: a19f8b2017c81c3c6c8b2bb3247f865f6ed4e5a9)
> Running on          : Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
>                       (5.1, build 2600, Service Pack 3)
>                       on ia32 (level 6, rev 3846)

This is probably a bug in Win32 native code, as I can confirm it does
not happen using the Cygwin version.

Please consider the Cygwin-1.7 version as a possible work-around, it's
certainly a bit slower (due to the "ABI emulation" layer it uses) but
has proper support for Unicode, which as far as I know, is a bit lacking
in the Win32 native version (OTOH if you're regular Windows user you
probably would feel a bit strange in a UNIX shell, as stuff is usually
in different places and is done differently - Cygwin is mainly aimed a
those who prefer to use UNIXes and only use Windows when necessary).

Of course patches to bring the Win32 version on par with the other
platforms would be very welcome! =)

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