Everhart, Glenn
From:	skerr@herma.ucsd.edu
Sent:	Monday, March 22, 1999 5:12 PM
To:	Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject:	Re: Weird RCS 5.6 error
Dr. Stephen S. Kerr (skerr@herma.ucsd.edu) wrote:

: The RCS programs seem to work okay, but I have encountered one very
: puzzling problem: RCS won't let me check in a file with a base name
: of "test" and three characters in the extension.

I did a bit more digging and found what appears to be the solution:

   ftp://vms.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu-vms/software/contrib/rcs-5-6.errors

This note from Frank Tolstrup explains that RCS 5.6 contains a "bug"
that causes it to fail in VMS on files with names that are 8 or 24
characters long, and clearly "test.for", etc., fit that description.
The note contains a patch for rcsfnms.c that fixes the problem.  I
just tried it and it appears to work.

I hope this post helps others who encounter the saame problem.

Cheers,
Stephen Kerr.