From: elf AT netcom DOT com (Marc Singer)
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: RCS for DOS v5.7 p5
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP List Alias)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 14:11:19 -0700 (PDT)

>>> rcsdos-5.7/README.TXT
>>>  $Id$
>>>
>>> RCS Revision Control for MS-DOS [package: RCSDOS-5.7]
>>>   Patches and Binaries for RCS 5.7
>>>
>>> by Marc Singer (elf AT netcom DOT com)
>>>    20 July 1995
>>>

0. Introduction
1. What and Where is RCSDOS-5.7?
2. QuickStart Instructions for the Impatient
3. Sharing Logfiles Between DOS and Linux/UN*X
4. Compiling and Configuring RCSDOS-5.7
5. RCS Extensions for DOS
6. Known problems


      0. Introduction

This README provides four things.  Most importantly, it describes what
RCSDOS-5.7 is and where you can get it.  Next comes the QuickStart
section for getting RCS running at once.  There is a section
describing how to configure and compile the patched version of the
source.  And the final section describes some details about the
enhancements to the RCS sources that were necessary to make it run on
top of MS-DOS.

I patched this version mid July 1995 and have found it more stable and
complete than the previous version I patched.  This is due to the BETA
release of DJGPP v2.0 and the fine work that team has done, and by
Paul Eggert's staff [sic].  Signals are processed properly.  Hurrah!

Some of the original speed problems have not been satisfactorily
addressed.  While I have crafted a set of perl scripts to handle
commands to report who has what files locked and to synchronize my
working directories, these operations tend to be slower with RCS that
with the commercial packages.  I have not discovered any simple
optimizations that will alleviate the bottlenecks.


      1. What and Where is RCSDOS-5.7?

It's a port of the revision control system, originally authored by
Walter Tichy and presently maintained by Paul Eggert, to MS-DOS.
You will find the compressed archives on ftp.netcom.com.

  ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/el/elf/rcsdos

For a complete description of RCS and more information about using it,
see your local GNU dealer.  You can find the RCS sources

  ftp://ftp.cs.purdue.edu/pub/RCS

-------------------- <Material Deleted for Brevity> -------------------- 

The complete text of the README.TXT can be found in

  ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/el/elf/rcsdos/README.TXT

-- 
Marc Singer      |                     If you give it water, it'll turn green.
elf AT netcom DOT com   |