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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:54:58 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: version control packages for dos
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On 23 Apr 2002, xeon wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message news:<Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1020421100139 DOT 2767K-100000 AT is>...
> > You should be able to find ports of both RCS and CVS on the usual DJGPP 
> > sites.  Emacs (also ported) has a front-end for both of them.
> 
> I'm able to locate the RCS port, but not CVS. Know any URL?

http://www.simtel.net/pub/djgpp/v2gnu/

> Moreover,
> I find trouble with the DOS port of RCS, mostly regarding file path &
> ci/co automatic path deduction feature. It seems that ci/co only be
> able to deduce either only the target RCS file, or only the checked
> in/out file, but not both. Might be because of DOS file system
> limitations.

I don't understand the problem; could you give more details, like show 
what files do you have, what commands did you give, and what error 
messages did you see?

It's also possible you are using an old/buggy port of RCS; please try the 
latest port from the above URL.