• TWiki version: Dec2001
• Web server: Apache 1.3.27
• Server OS: Windows 2000
• Web browser: IE 5.00
• Client OS: Windows 20000

Currently, for test purposes, I am running the client and the server on the same machine.

I have got most of it up and running no problem using the windows cookbook (changing thh UserId from system to Administrator for the purposes of changing the RCS locks.) However I am having trouble with versioning. I can update pages just fine, and old versions of the page are accessible. However, the 'diffs' link just doesn't show the revisions - it simply shows two blank 'added' lines regardless of what the edit was. A look to the apache error log reveals the following errors....

[Mon Nov 11 18:02:34 2002] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] rcsdiff: can't make temporary pathname `/c/temp/T0XXXXXX'

[Mon Nov 11 18:02:34 2002] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] rcsdiff aborted

[Mon Nov 11 18:02:34 2002] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] co: can't make temporary pathname `/c/temp/T1XXXXXX'

[Mon Nov 11 18:02:34 2002] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] co aborted

Unfortunately, I am very new to perl and haven't a clue what the problem is. If anyone can help, I would be very gratefull.

-- JimDonaldson - 12 Nov 2002

Answer

I assume you used WindowsInstallCookbook to set this up? If so, does your mount output look like that of the cookbook, and does /c exist under Cygwin, pointing towards c:/ in the mount table? This happens because the RCS co command can't find that path, so check that /c/temp is a directory as well (you may need to create it).

If you are using Cygwin Apache and Perl, you might also like to check the values of TEMP and TMP set in the system environment and the httpd.conf file for Apache. The cookbook values should work as long as you follow the cookbook exactly.

-- RichardDonkin - 12 Nov 2002