[14348] in Athena Bugs
sun4 8.0A: rcs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu May 16 14:01:53 1996
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 14:01:25 EDT
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
System name: bart-savagewood
Type and version: SPARC/Classic 8.0A (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: cgthree
What were you trying to do?
Set a symbolic RCS tag to bunch of RCS files, following the
man page instructions to set a symbolic name to the current latest
revision.
What's wrong:
The man page told me to do one thing but when I did it rcs
gave me an error. When I run rcs from the watchmaker locker, however,
it works.
What should have happened:
RCS shouldn't have given me an error when trying to follow
examples in the man page. It should have set the symbolic name rather
than attempt to delete it.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
from rcs(1):
-nname[:[rev]]
Associate the symbolic name name with the branch or
revision rev. Delete the symbolic name if both : and
rev are omitted; otherwise, print an error message if
name is already associated with another number. If rev
is symbolic, it is expanded before association. A rev
consisting of a branch number followed by a . stands
for the current latest revision in the branch. A :
with an empty rev stands for the current latest revi-
sion on the default branch, normally the trunk. For
Printed 12/22/91 1991/09/26 2
RCS(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual RCS(1)
example, rcs -nname: RCS/* associates name with the
current latest revision of all the named RCS files;
this contrasts with rcs -nname:$ RCS/* which associates
name with the revision numbers extracted from keyword
strings in the corresponding working files.
When I try to follow the instructions to set a symbolic name with the
current latest revision of the default branch, rcs -nname: RCS/*:
(bart-savagewood-warlord) in /tmp/test
Ready> where rcs
/usr/athena/bin/rcs
/mit/watchmaker/sun4bin/rcs
(bart-savagewood-warlord) in /tmp/test
Ready> ls RCS/*
-r--r--r-- 1 warlord 101 234 May 16 13:54 RCS/foo,v
(bart-savagewood-warlord) in /tmp/test
Ready> head RCS/foo,v
head 1.1;
branch ;
access ;
symbols ;
locks ; strict;
comment @# @;
1.1
date 96.05.16.13.54.19; author warlord; state Exp;
(bart-savagewood-warlord) in /tmp/test
Ready> rcs -nname: RCS/*
RCS file: RCS/foo,v
rcs warning: can't delete nonexisting symbol name
done
(bart-savagewood-warlord) in /tmp/test
Ready>
However, when I use the rcs in the watchmaker locker, it works:
(bart-savagewood-warlord) in /tmp/test
Ready> /mit/watchmaker/sun4bin/rcs -nname: RCS/*
RCS file: RCS/foo,v
done
(bart-savagewood-warlord) in /tmp/test
Ready> head RCS/foo,v
head 1.1;
access;
symbols
name:1.1;
locks; strict;
comment @# @;
1.1
date 96.05.16.13.54.19; author warlord; state Exp;
(bart-savagewood-warlord) in /tmp/test
Ready>
-derek
