I have always 'remembered' RCS as a directory where the comma-v files were stored, so I was not surprised to see RCS as a directory.
What puzzles me though is that the same errors are reported - but/and there are err files in test-dirs that passed.
address@hidden:[/data/test/rcs-5.9.4]make VERBOSE=1 check
Making check in lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/lib'
make check-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/lib'
make[3]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/lib'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/lib'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/lib'
Making check in doc
make[1]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/doc'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/doc'
Making check in man
make[1]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/man'
make check-am
make[2]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/man'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/man'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/man'
Making check in src
make[1]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/src'
make check-am
make[2]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/src'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/src'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/src'
Making check in tests
make[1]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/tests'
make btdt
make[2]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/tests'
source='btdt.c' object='btdt.o' libtool=no \
DEPDIR=.deps depmode=xlc /bin/sh ../build-aux/depcomp \
cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../lib -I../src -I../lib -I/opt/include -O2 -qlanglvl=extc99 -c -o btdt.o btdt.c
cc -O2 -qlanglvl=extc99 -o btdt btdt.o ../src/libparts.a ../lib/libgnu.a
make[2]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/tests'
make check-TESTS
make[2]: Entering directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/tests'
SKIP: t010
SKIP: t030
SKIP: t050
PASS: t150
PASS: t153
PASS: t160
PASS: t180
PASS: t300
PASS: t301
PASS: t310
PASS: t311
PASS: t312
PASS: t313
PASS: t320
PASS: t370
PASS: t380
PASS: t390
PASS: t391
PASS: t400
PASS: t410
PASS: t420
PASS: t430
PASS: t440
PASS: t450
PASS: t460
PASS: t470
FAIL: t510
FAIL: t511
PASS: t600
PASS: t601
PASS: t602
FAIL: t603
FAIL: t604
FAIL: t605
PASS: t606
PASS: t607
PASS: t608
PASS: t609
PASS: t620
PASS: t630
PASS: t780
PASS: t790
PASS: t800
PASS: t801
PASS: t802
PASS: t803
PASS: t804
PASS: t805
PASS: t810
FAIL: t900
FAIL: t999
================================
7 of 48 tests failed
(3 tests were not run)
Please report to
address@hidden================================
make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/tests'
make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/test/rcs-5.9.4/tests'
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
address@hidden:[/data/test/rcs-5.9.4]find . -name err
./tests/t803.d/err
./tests/t804.d/err
./tests/t999.d/err
address@hidden:[/data/test/rcs-5.9.4]find . -name err -ls
50487 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 99 Jan 26 18:41 ./tests/t803.d/err
50491 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 288 Jan 26 18:41 ./tests/t804.d/err
50677 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 340 Jan 26 18:42 ./tests/t999.d/err
address@hidden:[/data/test/rcs-5.9.4]
address@hidden:[/data/test/rcs-5.9.4]for i in tests/*/err;do
> echo $i
> cat $i
> echo _______
> done
tests/t803.d/err
RCS file: t803.d/x,v
done
RCS file: t803.d/x,v
done
t803.d/x,v --> standard output
revision 4.20
_______
tests/t804.d/err
t804.d/x,v --> t804.d/x
revision 4.21 (locked)
done
t804.d/x,v <-- t804.d/x
file is unchanged; reverting to previous revision 4.21
done
t804.d/x,v --> t804.d/x
revision 4.20.1.1 (locked)
done
t804.d/x,v <-- t804.d/x
file is unchanged; reverting to previous revision 4.20.1.1
done
_______
tests/t999.d/err
+ mkdir RCS
+ rm -f a.* RCS/a.c RCS/a.d RCS/a._
+ echo 1.1
+ 1> a.11
+ echo 1.1.1.1
+ 1> a.3x1
+ echo 1.2
+ 1> a.12
+ diff -c a.11 a.3x1
+ diff=diff -c
+ rcs -i -L -ta.11 a.c
rcs: `RCS' is not a regular file
rcs: RCS: Invalid argument
+ problem rcs -i -L failed; perhaps improper install
PROBLEM: rcs -i -L failed; perhaps improper install
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