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authorpeter <peter@FreeBSD.org>1997-05-23 14:48:05 +0000
committerpeter <peter@FreeBSD.org>1997-05-23 14:48:05 +0000
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Import a slightly newer version of 1.9.9 (as at 970523) that has fixed a
few more memory leaks and cleaned up getopt usage. These were done shortly after the last one I imported. Very little has changed other than that. (except for some doc updates) Obtained from: cyclic.com
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@@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ for more information on them. CVS also sets the RCS state to "dead"
to indicate that a file does not exist in a given revision (this is
stored just as any other RCS state is).
+The RCS file format allows quite a variety of extensions to be added
+in a compatible manner by use of the "newphrase" feature documented in
+rcsfile.5. We won't try to document extensions not used by CVS in any
+detail, but we will briefly list them. Each occurrence of a newphrase
+begins with an identifier, which is what we list here. Future
+designers of extensions are strongly encouraged to pick
+non-conflicting identifiers. Note that newphrase occurs several
+places in the RCS grammar, and a given extension may not be legal in
+all locations. However, it seems better to reserve a particular
+identifier for all locations, to avoid confusion and complicated
+rules.
+
+ Identifier Used by
+ ---------- -------
+ namespace RCS library done at Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) in 1996
+ (a modified RCS 5.7--not sure it has any other name).
+
The rules regarding keyword expansion are not documented along with
the rest of the RCS file format; they are documented in the co(1)
manpage in the RCS 5.7 distribution. See also the "Keyword
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud