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From: smithj AT ksu DOT edu ("Jeffery G. Smith")
Subject: Re: Strange failure with CVS and diff
7 Feb 1997 11:09:03 -0800 :
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Shankar Unni wrote:
> Are you sure it's getting to the file OK? The RCS file does get updated
> with the new contents, but the RCS log shows that "+0 -0" lines were
> added, and RCS thinks that the entire new contents were checked in as 1.1,
> with no changes in any of the subsequent versions (which sort of defeats
> the purpose of RCS :-).
> 
> Try an "rlog" on your file, and see if you have real (non-0) differences
> between the versions..

Egg on my face.  You are correct and I was just a little hasty in my
analysis.  I really appreciate your noticing this since I will now
switch back to the ones that came from CVS.  Let us all know if you find
a solution.

-- 
I'm Luke Skywalker; I'm here to rescue you.

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