Fedora 43 RCS command co -L not working

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1

After upgrade to F43 from F42 the rcs command co -L doesn’t work. I get Unknown option.

Any help appreciated.

Edward

2

It’s not listed in the man page. As I have no idea of what that flag is supposed to do, it apparently worked in a previous version and had been removed from the current release (5.10.1-14), can you downgrade your installation to the version which supports that flag.

Alternatively, I’d be surprised if a function had been entirely removed - have you checked for whatever that flag is supposed to perform in the current relase?

Edit:

In the latest GNU RCS release (version 5.10.1), there is no co -L option. The checkout command supports:

  • -l — check out and lock
  • -u — check out and unlock
  • -r — normal checkout
  • plus options like -f, -p, -k, -M, -S, etc.

The uppercase -L option belongs to the rcs administrative command, not co

3

It works like this:

> rcs frob -i test <<< test
RCS file: test,v
done

> rcs frob -L test
RCS file: test,v
done

See also:

rcs --help
rcs --help frob
rcs --commands
4

Thanks for the help! It has changed in the version from f43 to f43. Now to check out and lock a file the option is -l instead of -L, as you both have stated.. I think i was having brain cramps so that I couldn’t figure it out! I should have been able to find the solution.

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man co