Re: RCS: (vc-next-action 1) only New Backend

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Uwe Brauer <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 10:46:52 +0200
> Cc: Uwe Brauer <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> First here  is a recipe  which *only* works with the older version of
> vc. (For which I have to use Xemacs: its vc version is from 2007)
> 1. Create a new file.
> 2. Write a line.
> 3. Save the file
> 2. C-x v i register is with RCS
> 3. (Vc-nect-action) checkout
> 4. write the second  line, save
> 5. (vc-next-action) checkin version 1.2
> 6. (Vc-nect-action) checkout version 1.2
> 7. Add a new line, save
> 8. (vc-next-action 1) now in the old VC version you are asked for a
>    «new version or backend», you time for example 2.1
> 9. Voila rev is now 2.1
> 
> 
> When I try to follow these steps, running Emacs -Q,  in step 8 I just
> receive in the prompt  «New Backend» but not «version».

With the current vc-rcs, you need to do the equivalent of steps 8 and
9 from the shell:

  $ ci -l2.1 FILE

Then kill FILE's buffer and revisit it again.  You can now continue
with versions 2.2, 2.3, etc.