Re: vc-annotate tries to load vc-nil

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> the following change breaks `M-x vc-annotate RET' for me:
>>> [...]
>> 
>> Should be fixed now,

> I don't know is it a new bug or not, but I get a similar error message:

>   vc-find-backend-function: Cannot open load file: vc-nil

> after using `log-view-find-version' or `log-view-diff' on a file removed
> from the CVS repository.  Test case:

> 1. start PCL-CVS;
> 2. insert an old file removed from the CVS repository, e.g.
>    `I emacs/lisp/webjump.el' (note that it was moved from
>    emacs/lisp/webjump.el to emacs/lisp/net/webjump.el);
> 3. type `l';
> 4. in the *cvs-info* buffer type `n';
> 5. type `d' or `f'  =>  vc-nil error

That's an old bug.
Instead of `d' (which uses VC) why don't you use
`C-x c =' (which uses PCL-CVS)?


        Stefan