Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!pyrltd!root44!praxis!aap From: aap@praxis.co.uk (Andy Pryor) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: RCS check in of foreign source (more questions) Message-ID: <5589@newton.praxis.co.uk> Date: 14 Dec 90 12:31:49 GMT References: Organization: Praxis, Bath, UK Lines: 15 leif@control.lth.se (Leif Andersson) writes: >Assuming we have used RCS to do the local changes, how can we recreate >_exactly_ the files we started with, so that patch will be happy and >so that we then can use the various tools of the RCS/CVS package to >merge our local changes with the new version? It sounds to me as though you need to use the "-j" option of the "co" command. If you keep your changes to the distributed software on a RCS branch, you can use the -j option to merge your changes into a new release. -- Andy Pryor Computer General Electronic Design Ltd, Email: aap@cged.uucp The New Church, Henry St, Bath, BA1 1JR, UK Phone: +44 225 482744