Re: [viewvc-users] Problems with Initial Setup

Eric McCarty wrote:
> Actually I was able to fix the issue by setting the following from 0, to
> 1.  I have absolutely no idea why this worked but since it seemed the
> problem was that I couldn't fire up the RCS utilities, it was worth a
> try, and it panned out. Spiffy experimental feature.

It worked because 'use_rcsparse' actually tells ViewVC to *not* use the
CVSNT program or RCS utilities, but to instead use a Python-based RCS file
parser that ships with ViewVC.

> One thing I do have to say is that ViewVC's documentation is pretty damn
> bad. When you say "set var=" to the directory your ViewVC/RCS/CVS/etc. is
> pointed to; they need to give an example since you don’t know if its
> c:\rcs or c:\rcs\bin, c:\rcs\bin\win32, etc. Just my .02 from setting it
> up with no prior knowledge.

I couldn't agree more.  I think you'll find when/if you upgrade to ViewVC
1.1.2 (or better, at the time) that the configuration docs have gotten much,
much better.  Still, I take your point about not knowing if "the directory
that RCS is installed in" means "the root of where the package dumped all
its stuff" or "the directory in which the .exe files directly live".  (By
the way, it's the latter in all cases.)

-- 
C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]>
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