Question

On every SAVE I get this error. Although the changes apply I'd like to solve this problem.

> Topic save error
>
> During save of file Main an error was found by the version
> control system. Please notify your TWiki administrator.
>
> /usr/bin/ci -q -l -m'none' -t-none -w'ChristophGeelen'
> /home/httpd/twiki/data/Main/WebHome.txt 2>&1 1>/dev/null ci error:
> unknown option: -wChristophGeelen command format:
> ci -r[rev] -l[rev] -u[rev] -f[rev] -k[rev] -q[rev] -mmsg -nname -Nname
> -sstate -t[txtfile] file ...
> ci aborted
>
> Go back in your browser and save your changes locally.
>
> Topic WebHome . { OK }

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• TWiki version:20011201
• Web server:Apache22035
• Server OS:HP-UX 11.11
• Web browser: Internet Explorer
• Client OS: Windows2000

-- ChristophGeelen - 18 Sep 2002

Answer

It looks like RCS on your system does not support the -w option. Or possibly it would require a space after -w? The safest bet is to upgrade to the latest RCS you can get from http://www.fsf.org/software/rcs/rcs.html

-- PeterThoeny - 18 Sep 2002