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Subject:	[1.7] RCS - co -l fails if *,v not owned by user -
Date:	Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:33:17 -0800
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RCS co -l fails if the ,v file is not owned by the user.
I get a permission denied error.
In my case, the RCS directory is on samba.

It seems to fix it if in conf.h I change
#define bad_b_rename 1

The flag makes it delete the target(*,v) before renaming the work file 
(,*,v -> *,v)

Thanks






 


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