RCS for MS-DOS corrupting files

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From: Michael Malak
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 00:00

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We have had some trouble with GNU RCS for MS-DOS corrupting files, and
were wondering if anyone else had experienced similar problems.

Symptom: Occasionally, some file on the LAN (we currently RCS about
         200 files) will get corrupted.  The corrupted file is correct
         in the beginning of the file, but partway through it becomes
         either garbage or part of another file.

We are using IBM LANserver, and we suspect that as another possible
culprit to this problem.

We noticed that sometimes RCSCLEAN would cause _apparent_ corruption,
which could be fixed by logging out of the LAN and back in again.  So
we avoid RCSCLEAN now.  This other problem, however, is actual corruption.

Has anyone else experienced similar problems with GNU RCS?

Has anyone else used GNU RCS with IBM LANserver?

Does anyone have any experience with MKS version of RCS?


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