Re: Reportwriter & SCCS

From: David Schmitt <cds016_at_isadmin1.comm.mot.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 14:08:45 GMT
Message-ID: <1993Jul7.140845.26490_at_lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>


In article <1993Jul7.090021.23880_at_lssec.bt.co.uk>   iparkin_at_iris.lssec.bt.co.uk (Ian Parkin (rgrant)) writes:
>
>As an alternative try using RCS, can anyone confirm that RCS does not corrupt
>reports in this way ??

If RCS is compiled to use a "diff" which can handle long lines (I think GNU diff can) then it ought to work o.k. However, many native "diff" programs can't (which is part of the reason SCCS breaks), so take care, even with RCS.

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