Item8231: Old TWiki .txt,v files do not work when switching from RcsLite to RcsWrapper
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I experienced problems with old TWiki .txt,v files while migrating. Attached you will find a test topic. The system is build on stable.
Error message in apache error.log
/usr/bin/rlog -r%REVISION|N% %FILENAME|F% FILENAME=>/home/httpd/foswiki/core/data/Know/Aktuelles.txt,v REVISION=>1.1 failed:
RCS file: /home/httpd/foswiki/core/data/Know/Aktuelles.txt,v
Working file: Aktuelles.txt
head: 1.6
branch:
locks: strict
access list:
symbolic names:
keyword substitution: kv
total revisions: 6; selected revisions: 1
description:
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AndreUlrich - 06 Aug 2009
It turned out, that this error was caused by an RCS bug. When you switch from
RcsLite to
RcsWrapper you will have a new line between the last content and the @ sign which
RcsWrapper cannot process.
There may be a migration script available, for now you can simply choose
RcsLite to make it work.
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AndreUlrich - 07 Aug 2009