[comp.unix.questions] problems with RCS

tr@lilly2.lab.fj.bapd (08/04/90)

Using "co", I checked out a source code file.  Then I modified it.
Checking it in with "ci" failed.  I got

	RCS/filename  <--  filename
	new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
	enter log message:
	(terminate with End-of-File or '.' RETURN)
	>> I changed the program
	>> .
	ci: diff failed
	ci aborted

diff failed?  Why?  How?  I have an RCS directory under my current
one.

Any ideas?

Tom Reingold
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toma@ozdaltx.UUCP (Tom Armistead) (08/06/90)

In article <9008032053.AA01234@lilly2.lab.fj.bapd>, tr@lilly2.lab.fj.bapd writes:
> Using "co", I checked out a source code file.  Then I modified it.
> Checking it in with "ci" failed.  I got
> 	[ example deleted ]
> diff failed?  Why?  How?  I have an RCS directory under my current
> one.

I had a similar problem and it turned out that the diff that came on my
system didn't propperly support RCS. I got a copy of GNU-diff (from osu-cis)
and that fixed the problem.

diff3 from GNU didn't work (for me) so merge and rcsmerge still don't work,
but...

My system is ISC 386/ix 2.0.2 (System V 3.2.1)


Hope this helps???
Tom
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