RE: [h-e-w] RCS problems

[Dr Francis J. Wright]

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> rg] On Behalf Of August
> Sent: Saturday, 15 May 2004 12:22 am
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> Subject: [h-e-w] RCS problems
> 
> I recently downloaded rcs57pc1 from
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/faq10.html#where-rcs
> . When I issue `vc-register' or `vc-next-action' from Emacs 
> (21.3.3) I get the error
> message:
> 
>     Running ci...FAILED (status 255)
> 
> A RCS subdirectory is being created but there are no files in 
> it. What's wrong? (Neither my working directory or file 
> contain spaces.)
> 
> --August


One of the native ports, and this might be it, has some peculiar environment
variable requirements, such as the need to have a timezone set explicitly.
Some time ago, I dumped the native port I was using in favour of the Cygwin
port, which I find works better and does not seem to require any peculiar
setup.  So that is my suggestion.

Francis