Bug: attachement save error

In the file bin/upload there is a misspelling (twice): oopssaveerrr --> oopssaveerr

When I solved this problem I got:

Topic save error
 
During save of file Wap.WapLinks an error was found by the version control
system. Please notify your TWikibeta administrator. 
 
/opt/local/GNU/bin/rcs -x,v -q -i -t-none -kb
/app/web/twiki/current/pub/Wap/WapLinks/lucatext.pdf,v 2>&1 1>/dev/null
rcs error: unknown option: -kb  
rcs usage: rcs -{ae}logins -Afile -{blu}[rev] -cstring -{iLU}
-{nNs}name[:rev] -orange -t[file] -Vn file ...
rcs aborted

Go back in your browser and save your changes locally.

Test case

Fix record

Corrected spelling to oopssaveerr.

Environment

-- BeatJucker - 21 Aug 2001

Fixed the spelling, in TWikiAlphaRelease.

I can't reproduce the unknown option -kb rcs error.

Man on rcs on Debian Linux brings this for -kb:

-b[rev]

Set the default branch to rev. If rev is omitted, the default branch is reset to the (dynamically) highest branch on the trunk.

Question to JohnTalintyre: What does this switch do? May be just -k is enough?

-- PeterThoeny - 21 Aug 2001

Here's an extract from the co manpage (note that rcs man page refers to this):

Generate a binary image of the old keyword string. This acts like -ko, except it performs all working file input and output in binary mode. This makes little difference on Posix and Unix hosts, but on DOS-like hosts one should use rcs -i -kb to initialize an RCS file intended to be used for binary files. Also, on all hosts, rcsmerge(1) normally refuses to merge files when -kb is in effect.

Odd this doesn't work in your version of RCS, the current GNU version certainly includes this, earlier RCSs did not include support for binary files. TWiki considers a file to be binary if it's not in TWiki.cfg $attachAsciiPath entry. I've ammended TWikiReleaseSpring2001UpgradeNotes with this information.

I've rejected the bug on the basis of working RCS being readily available. However, it would be good to have the option of not using RCS for attachments histories as an alternative.

-- JohnTalintyre - 23 Aug 2001