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Subject: error trying to get a file into RCS

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In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)

 of 2004-03-10 on NYAUMO

configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.2)'

Important settings:

  value of $LC_ALL: nil

  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil

  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil

  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil

  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil

  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil

  value of $LC_TIME: nil

  value of $LANG: ENU

  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1

  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug

and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I created a RCS directory in the same directory of a file, RunLog.java,

that I wanted to place into RCS and got a failure message.  Here is the

backtrace info:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Running ci...FAILED (status 1)")

  signal(error ("Running ci...FAILED (status 1)"))

  error("Running %s...FAILED (%s)" "ci" "status 1")

  vc-do-command(nil 0 "ci" "c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java" "-i" "-u1.1" "-t-" nil nil)

  apply(vc-do-command nil 0 "ci" "c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java" "-i" "-u1.1" "-t-" (nil nil))

  vc-rcs-register("c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java" "1.1" "")

  apply(vc-rcs-register ("c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java" "1.1" ""))

  vc-call-backend(RCS register "c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java" "1.1" "")

  #[(file rev comment) "=8c6=8c7^H\"=88=8c8^H=8c9\"^Y=8ca^H!=88=8cb  =8cc^H\n^K%=88=8cd^H=8ce            #=88\f=84&^@=8cf=8c5!=88=8c9^U)=8c6=8d0^H\"=87" [file backend rev comment vc-make-backup-files backup-inhibited message "Registering %s... " vc-responsible-backend t vc-file-clearprops vc-call-backend register vc-file-setprop vc-backend make-local-variable "Registering %s... done"] 6]("c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java" "1.1" "")

  vc-finish-logentry(t)

  vc-start-entry("c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java" "1.1" t nil "Enter initial comment." #[(file rev comment) "=8c6=8c7^H\"=88=8c8^H=8c9\"^Y=8ca^H!=88=8cb         =8cc^H\n^K%=88=8cd^H=8ce            #=88\f=84&^@=8cf=8c5!=88=8c9^U)=8c6=8d0^H\"=87" [file backend rev comment vc-make-backup-files backup-inhibited message "Registering %s... " vc-responsible-backend t vc-file-clearprops vc-call-backend register vc-file-setprop vc-backend make-local-variable "Registering %s... done"] 6])

  vc-register(nil nil)

  vc-next-action-on-file("c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java" nil)

  byte-code("^H=831^@=8c5 ^Y=8c6=8c7!=8c8 L=88=8c9=8ca            =8cb#=8cb=98=83!^@=8cc=8cd=89=8ce#=88=82+^@=8cf=8cd=89=89=89=8d0=8cc&=88=8d1=8d2=8cd\"=88)\n=83<^@=8d3\n!=88=821^@^K=83E^@=8d4^K\f\"=87=8d5=8d6=8d7 \"=87" [vc-dired-mode files vc-parent-buffer buffer-file-name verbose dired-get-marked-files make-local-variable vc-dired-window-configuration current-window-configuration mapconcat #[(f) "^H^Y=8c2            !)=8c3==84

^@=8c4=87=8c5=87" [f file vc-state up-to-date "^@" ""] 2] "" vc-next-action-dired nil "dummy" vc-start-entry "Enter a change comment for the marked files." throw nogo pop-to-buffer vc-next-action-on-file error "Buffer %s is not associated with a file" buffer-name] 7)

  vc-next-action(nil)

* call-interactively(vc-next-action)

I'm not certain that this isn't caused by user error (mine) but at one point

I could have sworn RCS was working on this machine through emacs.

Recent input:

C-x C-f p r o SPC r u n SPC R U <backspace> u n L o

g . j a SPC v SPC <return> C-x C-v C-v C-g C-g C-g

C-x v v <menu-bar> <help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:

Loading log-edit...

Loading easy-mmode...done

Loading log-edit...done

Mark set

Press C-c C-c when you are done editing.

Registering c:/users/Daniel/Programs/RunLog/RunLog.java...

Loading debug...done

Entering debugger...

 [2 times]

Loading emacsbug...done