Re: [viewvc-users] cvsdbadmin does not parse commits

On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 07:45:15AM -0800, C. Michael Pilato wrote:

[snip]

> > 
> > Right now, rlog parses most ,v files correctly. However, ",v" files that
> > have the *filename* directive with an underscore value do not get
> > parsed. For example:
> > 
> > 1.3
> > date    2010.04.22.18.51.57;    author amit;    state Exp;
> > branches;
> > next    1.2;
> > deltatype       text;
> > kopt    kv;
> > permissions     666;
> > commitid        1de44bd09aa755be;
> > filename        APP_MAIN.C;
> > 
> > Removing the line that contains filename allows RCS to parse this file.
> > It seems as if the *filename* is a CVSNT specific syntax and is not
> > valid RCS.
> 
> The "filename" token is a CVSNT addition, yes.  RCS is a relatively flexible
> format, though, built for expansion and customization.  Interesting that you
> only see problems on files with underscores in their names...  my
> understanding of the RCS file format does *not* lead me to believe that the
> underscore character is specifically disallowed.  *shrug*   At least it
> seems you have a workaround that's doing the trick for you.

Yeah it was interesting. Anyways, the only way was to remove the
filename line.

Thanks for your help. And thanks for ViewVC :)

Amit

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