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sun4 7.6R: /usr/athena/bin/merge

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rseto@MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 19 12:25:43 1994

From: rseto@MIT.EDU
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Cc: rseto@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 12:25:33 EDT

System name:		m37-312-21
Type and version:	SPARC/Classic 7.6R
Display type:		cgthree

What were you trying to do?

	I was trying to run /usr/athena/bin/rcsmerge.

What's wrong:

	I get the following complaint:

	~/thesis/dp>!rcsmerge
	rcsmerge -r1.3 -r1.1 array.h
	RCS file: RCS/array.h,v
	retrieving revision 1.3
	retrieving revision 1.1
	Merging differences between 1.3 and 1.1 into array.h
	/usr/athena/bin/merge: /usr/lib/diff3: not found
	Warning: 1 overlaps during merge.

	There was no change to array.h.

What should have happened:

	Apparently rcsmerge calls the /usr/athena/bin/merge script,
	which fails because its second line (DIFF3=/usr/lib/diff3)
	references a nonexistent file.  Can this be changed to point
	to a working diff3?

Please describe any relevant documentation references:
	man 1 merge, man 1L rcsmerge

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