Re: GNU RCS 5.7.93 (pretest for 5.8) available

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

() Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
() Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:21:45 -0700

   Yes, that "v" is too cryptic.  I suggest changing the name to
   be "tests", which is the usual name for a directory full of
   test cases.

OK.

   >   3. Why move executables from ‘src’ to ‘src/0pre/bin’?

   Yes, that sounds odd as well.  (I never got that far when
   I tried to build it, so I didn't notice that; I'll send
   separate notices to bug-rcs about my problems.)

The co(1) and merge(1) absolute filenames are hardcoded in global
strings ‘prog_co’ and ‘prog_merge’, respectively.  In src/0pre/bin,
the directory part is (absolutized) src/0pre/bin, thus mimicing an
installation without actually doing "make install".

This was one of the warts of previous RCS releases -- you had to
"make install" before testing (and there was no "make check").