Re: [viewvc-dev] Mime issues

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I'm embarrassed to say that I just noticed that this thread had gone
unanswered (for 18 months... sheesh...).  I truly hope that you've already
identified the source of your troubles.  Based on what you've shared with
me, though, I'll still try to answer.

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Jeff Hieber <[email protected]> wrote=
:

> 2.  What operation are you performing that you'd expect to yield a
> download of the file but does not?  Can you include a URL to your server
> (feel free to obfuscate the domain name and path details if you must) tha=
t
> exhibits the problem?
> http://cvs.cdstiger.com/viewvc.cgi/CDS/Documentation/Clients/RRSI10/RRSI1=
0-AEFRRSRM-Remittance%20Export.doc?view=3Dlog
> when you click the view rather than open this file with word it opens in
> the browser, in the browser you can see  =E2=80=9CBranch: *MAIN*
> CVS Tags: *HEAD*
> File MIME type: application/msword=E2=80=9D when you view it.
>

The URL above is a "revision log view" URL.  It is not intended to display
or download a versioned file, but rather to reveal the version control
history of that file.


> We also added the CO into our Viewvc.conf to get the download and when we
> download a .doc word won=E2=80=99t open it and says it is corrupt.
>

This statement leads me to believe that you already knew what I said above,
but I had to be sure.  At any rate, if Word won't open a CVS-versioned Word
document, this is commonly caused by the fact that by default, CVS assumes
that all files are human-readable, that it wants you to perform end-of-line
conversion on them, etc.  There's a flag that must be added to versioned
binary files in CVS, -kb, which tells CVS that the file is *not* a regular
old text file.  Moreover, the content transformation I'm talking about here
happens on the server, so ViewVC would be serving up the already-corrupted
Word document from the CVS repository.

This SO question kinda covers this situation:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4723864/wincvs-commit-corrupt-word-files

I deeply apologize for the massive delay in answering this question, and
hope that this reply is already useless because you guys already figured
out the solution.

-- Mike

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;m embarrassed to say that I just noticed that this t=
hread had gone unanswered (for 18 months... sheesh...).=C2=A0 I truly hope =
that you&#39;ve already identified the source of your troubles.=C2=A0 Based=
 on what you&#39;ve shared with me, though, I&#39;ll still try to answer.<d=
iv class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 28, 201=
4 at 2:18 PM, Jeff Hieber <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jhieber@c=
ollectone.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrot=
e:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;b=
order-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:s=
olid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor=3D"white" lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"#0563C=
1" vlink=3D"#954F72"><div><p><u></u><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-fami=
ly:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif">2.=C2=A0 What operation are you perform=
ing that you&#39;d expect to yield a download of the file but does not?=C2=
=A0 Can you include a URL to your server (feel free to obfuscate the domain=
 name and path details if you must) that exhibits the problem? <a href=3D"h=
ttp://cvs.cdstiger.com/viewvc.cgi/CDS/Documentation/Clients/RRSI10/RRSI10-A=
EFRRSRM-Remittance%20Export.doc?view=3Dlog" target=3D"_blank">http://cvs.cd=
stiger.com/viewvc.cgi/CDS/Documentation/Clients/RRSI10/RRSI10-AEFRRSRM-Remi=
ttance%20Export.doc?view=3Dlog</a> when you click the view rather than open=
 this file with word it opens in the browser, in the browser you can see=C2=
=A0 =E2=80=9C</span>Branch: <strong><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,sans=
-serif">MAIN</span></strong> <br>CVS Tags: <strong><span style=3D"font-fami=
ly:Calibri,sans-serif">HEAD</span></strong> <br>File MIME type: application=
/msword=E2=80=9D when you view it. </p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></=
div><div>The URL above is a &quot;revision log view&quot; URL.=C2=A0 It is =
not intended to display or download a versioned file, but rather to reveal =
the version control history of that file. =C2=A0</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blo=
ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left=
-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;paddi=
ng-left:1ex"><div bgcolor=3D"white" lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=
=3D"#954F72"><div><p><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,s=
erif;font-size:12pt">We also added the CO into our Viewvc.conf to get the d=
ownload and when we download a .doc word won=E2=80=99t open it and says it =
is corrupt.=C2=A0</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Th=
is statement leads me to believe that you already knew what I said above, b=
ut I had to be sure.=C2=A0 At any rate, if Word won&#39;t open a CVS-versio=
ned Word document, this is commonly caused by the fact that by default, CVS=
 assumes that all files are human-readable, that it wants you to perform en=
d-of-line conversion on them, etc.=C2=A0 There&#39;s a flag that must be ad=
ded to versioned binary files in CVS, -kb, which tells CVS that the file is=
 *not* a regular old text file.=C2=A0 Moreover, the content transformation =
I&#39;m talking about here happens on the server, so ViewVC would be servin=
g up the already-corrupted Word document from the CVS repository.</div><div=
><br></div><div>This SO question kinda covers this situation: =C2=A0<a href=
=3D"http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4723864/wincvs-commit-corrupt-word-f=
iles">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4723864/wincvs-commit-corrupt-word=
-files</a></div><div><br></div><div>I deeply apologize for the massive dela=
y in answering this question, and hope that this reply is already useless b=
ecause you guys already figured out the solution.</div><div><br></div><div>=
-- Mike</div></div></div></div>

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