[Coin-discuss] MaxCut and Mkc

[Laszlo Ladanyi]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Stephan Hennig wrote:

> Laszlo Ladanyi schrieb:
> 
> >> > Mkc: thanks for catching the typo, I fixed it now. I just got the
> >> > file and it gunzips just fine. Is it possible that you got the Mkc
> >> > module on Windows then ftp'd it to Linux, but in text mode, not in
> >> > binary mode? That would explain the CRC error.
> >>
> >> No, I did this using a CD-Rom.
> >
> > Strange... The uncompressed file is garbage after some point (it
> > should be a plain mps file). I looked at the comressed file and as I
> > suspected, it's a CR/LF error. In the mkc.gz file there are CR
> > characters (not to indicate end of line, just because it's a pretty
> > random binary file) and in the file you sent me all of them are
> > replaced with CR/LF.
> 
> It's a problem with WinCVS. I still have to find out the correct
> settings for a complete check out (seems 'Checkout text files with the
> Unix LF' has effect on binary files too and has to be enabled), but this
> file and the whole example now work. Thanks again!
> 

WinCVS, eh...? I just thought that the file itself may not be marked in the
repository as a binary file and wincvs might not be smart enough to recognize
a binary file. I'll look into this.

> Kind regards,
> Stephan Hennig
> 

--Laci