On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 12:56:10AM +0100, Nicholas Marriott wrote:
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> OTOH, check out what we do with rcs -L and -U...
I kinda like that, because it tells you exactly what it is doing.
-Otto
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 12:54:13AM +0100, Nicholas Marriott wrote:
> > Matching GNU RCS seems preferable to me but I don't feel strongly about
> > it.
> >
> > I wouldn't mention this in the man page, it hardly seems like behaviour
> > anyone should (or will need to) rely on.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 07:41:52PM -0400, Daniel Dickman wrote:
> > > posix commands (like ls(1) for example) keep the last option when
> > > mutually exclusive options are specified. does it make sense to keep rcs
> > > consistent with that convention? also is a man page diff needed?
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Oct 1, 2014, at 7:17 PM, Nicholas Marriott
> > > > <nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The existing behaviour isn't wildly useful, makes sense to me, ok nicm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 11:33:33PM +0200, Fritjof Bornebusch wrote:
> > > >> Hi tech,
> > > >>
> > > >> the OpenRCS rcs command produces the following output if -l and -u is
> > > >> used in the same command:
> > > >>
> > > >> $ rcs -l1.1 -u1.1 foo.txt
> > > >> RCS file: foo.txt,v
> > > >> 1.1 locked
> > > >> 1.1 unlocked
> > > >>
> > > >> $ rcs -u1.1 -l1.1 foo.txt
> > > >> RCS file: foo.txt,v
> > > >> 1.1 locked
> > > >> 1.1 unlocked
> > > >>
> > > >> I've looked at GnuRCS and it has another way to handle these
> > > >> parameters
> > > >> (it seems the other BSDs use GnuRCS, too).
> > > >>
> > > >> Debian 7.5:
> > > >> $ rcs -l1.1 -u1.1 foo.txt
> > > >> RCS file: foo.txt,v
> > > >> rcs: foo.txt,v: no lock set on revision 1.1
> > > >> 1.1 locked
> > > >>
> > > >> $ rcs -u1.1 -l1.1 foo.txt
> > > >> Segmentation fault
> > > >>
> > > >> Well, I think the "Segmentation fault" isn't that important :), but
> > > >> GnuRCS
> > > >> does not lock and unlock a file by using the same command like OpenRCS.
> > > >>
> > > >> I think the different implementations of RCS should share the same
> > > >> behaviour:
> > > >>
> > > >> $ rcs -l1.1 -u1.1 foo.txt
> > > >> RCS file: foo.txt,v
> > > >> 1.1 locked
> > > >> done
> > > >>
> > > >> $ rcs -u1.1 -l1.1 foo.txt
> > > >> RCS file: foo.txt,v
> > > >> 1.1 unlocked
> > > >> done
> > > >>
> > > >> fritjof
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Index: rcsprog.c
> > > >> ===================================================================
> > > >> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/rcs/rcsprog.c,v
> > > >> retrieving revision 1.151
> > > >> diff -u -p -r1.151 rcsprog.c
> > > >> --- rcsprog.c 12 Jul 2011 21:00:32 -0000 1.151
> > > >> +++ rcsprog.c 3 Aug 2014 15:42:34 -0000
> > > >> @@ -234,9 +234,10 @@ rcs_main(int argc, char **argv)
> > > >> lkmode = RCS_LOCK_STRICT;
> > > >> break;
> > > >> case 'l':
> > > >> - /* XXX - Check with -u flag. */
> > > >> - lrev = rcs_optarg;
> > > >> - rcsflags |= RCSPROG_LFLAG;
> > > >> + if (!(rcsflags & RCSPROG_UFLAG)) {
> > > >> + lrev = rcs_optarg;
> > > >> + rcsflags |= RCSPROG_LFLAG;
> > > >> + }
> > > >> break;
> > > >> case 'm':
> > > >> if (logstr != NULL)
> > > >> @@ -272,9 +273,10 @@ rcs_main(int argc, char **argv)
> > > >> lkmode = RCS_LOCK_LOOSE;
> > > >> break;
> > > >> case 'u':
> > > >> - /* XXX - Check with -l flag. */
> > > >> - urev = rcs_optarg;
> > > >> - rcsflags |= RCSPROG_UFLAG;
> > > >> + if (!(rcsflags & RCSPROG_LFLAG)) {
> > > >> + urev = rcs_optarg;
> > > >> + rcsflags |= RCSPROG_UFLAG;
> > > >> + }
> > > >> break;
> > > >> case 'V':
> > > >> printf("%s\n", rcs_version);
> > > >
