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From: "Gary" <gfilipski AT satx DOT rr DOT com>
To: "John Wiersba" <John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <03F4742D8225D21191EF00805FE62B9908E23EFE AT aa-msg-01 DOT medstat DOT com>
Subject: Re: RCS 5.7 problems...
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:14:35 -0500
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John,

What O/S are you running and what version of the cygwin .DLL are you using?

Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wiersba" <John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com>
To: "'Gary'" <gfilipski AT satx DOT rr DOT com>; <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 7:26 AM
Subject: RE: RCS 5.7 problems...


> Yes, I've experienced the exact same problem.  I wasn't sure if it was
> caused by my cygwin rcs or my linux rcs (I transport the files between two
> boxes).  Luckily, I have lots of backups, but I've had to rebuild some
files
> by hand.
>
> I just tried your test and it is repeatable.  I haven't debugged it yet.
> I'm using only binary mounts.
>
> -- John
>
> $ ls -l asdf
> -rw-r--r--    1 jrw      JRW          2459 Jul  3 08:07 asdf
>
> $ cat asdf
> 01 fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 02 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 03 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 04 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 05 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 06 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 07 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 08 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 09 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 10 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 11 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 12 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 13 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 14 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 15 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 16 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 17 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 18 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 19 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 20 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 21 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 22 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 23 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 24 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 25 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 26 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 27 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 28 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 29 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 30 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 31 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 32 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 33 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 34 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 35 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 36 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
> 37 fasfasdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff end
>
> $ ci -t- asdf
> asdf,v  <--  asdf
> initial revision: 1.1
> done
>
> $ ls -l asdf*
> -r--r--r--    1 jrw      JRW          2635 Jul  3 08:13 asdf,v
>
> $ co -l asdf
> asdf,v  -->  asdf
> revision 1.1 (locked)
> done
>
> $ tail +2 asdf >fdsa
>
> $ cp -f fdsa asdf
>
> $ ci -u -mx asdf
> asdf,v  <--  asdf
> new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
> done
>
> $ ls -l asdf*
> -r--r--r--    1 jrw      JRW          2412 Jul  3 08:24 asdf
> -r--r--r--    1 jrw      JRW          1349 Jul  3 08:24 asdf,v
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gary [mailto:gfilipski AT satx DOT rr DOT com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:40 AM
> > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: RCS 5.7 problems...
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I've been trying to build RCS 5.7 under 1.3.2 cygwin and am
> > having what
> > seems to be some sort of internal RCS or cygwin problem.
> > I've managed to
> > configure & build the subsystem just fine -- with or without
> > the patches
> > that have been posted and have the same problem either
> > way.... although I
> > never did find the "obsure inner function" message posted by
> > corinna that
> > was mentioned.
> >
> > In several cases the "ci" command destroys the RCS file
> > itself on check-in.
> > It leaves a huge chunk out of the source in the ,v file.  This is very
> > repeatable WHEN it happens to a file, but it does not happen
> > on a "ci" to
> > every file, only "select" ones.  It happens regardless of
> > whether the mount
> > is binary or text.  The insidious part is that unless you
> > check the size of
> > the ,v file you don't know it's happened until you check the
> > file out the
> > next time and most of it's not there -- only to realize that you just
> > blitzed the good copy you HAD.
> >
> > IE, start with a ,v file of size 2635 bytes, do a "co -l",
> > make a minor
> > change, do a "ci -u".  ,v file size is now 1440 bytes.  If
> > you "co -l" again
> > you only get half the orginal file.
> >
> > Has anyone experienced a problem like this?  I've got an old
> > copy of the FSF
> > DOS version of the RCS 5.7 programs and they don't exhibit
> > this problem.
> > I'm running Win2k SP2 on a Pentium Pro 200... nothing exotic.
> >  A system
> > search yields exactly one cygwin DLL dated 20 May @ 22:29.
> > This machine has
> > never had cygwin on it before 1.3.2.
> >
> > *ANY* help and/or advice would be appreciated.
> >
> > If someone has RCS working I'd happily trade one of my
> > problem RCS files &
> > test script for their executables in an attempt to narrow the
> > scope of the
> > problem.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gary
> >
> > ---------- Remove -nospam before mailing -----------
> > Gary L. Filipski, gfilipski-nospam AT satx DOT rr DOT com
> > Effective Software Systems
> > PO Box 701141
> > San Antonio, TX  78270
> > (210) 494-0635
> >
> >
> >
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