[cvsnt] Re: Keyword 'properties' breaks rcs keyword ordering

[Tony Hoyle]

Bertho Stultiens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just got a message that a newer (dev-)release (>= 2.5.01.1900; but
> probably already earlier) breaks CvsGraph's rcs parser. The problem is the
> ordering of the "newphrase" part in the rcsfile(5) definition.
> 
> The 'properties' keyword extension is placed before the 'next' keyword,
> which breaks the rcsfile(5) ordering of keywords. All newphrase extensions
> should be placed after the 'next' keyword.

The syntax of 'properties' is such that it cannot be parsed by the old 
RCS executables *at all* so you must use the cvsnt RCS wrappers.  You 
could get away with it before... you can't any more.

The keyword shouldn't be there if you're not setting any special 
variables though.

Tony