From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 744D42F988 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:30:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B88C434A4; Sun, 15 Dec 2024 04:30:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (frenzy.freefriends.org [198.99.81.75]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E334E427E2 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2024 04:30:09 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefriends.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 4BEITjB11728399 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:29:45 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.16.1/8.14.7/Submit) id 4BEITjPU1728398; Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:29:45 -0700 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202412141829.4BEITjPU1728398@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:29:45 -0700 To: lm@mcvoy.com, henry.r.bent@gmail.com References: <20241213180649.GW11590@mcvoy.com> <20241213185534.GY11590@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID-Hash: RTNIJGC7GXUGMLUZ4R3FBU3SHGWJAG7T X-Message-ID-Hash: RTNIJGC7GXUGMLUZ4R3FBU3SHGWJAG7T X-MailFrom: arnold@skeeve.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org, mrochkind@gmail.com X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: SCCS roach motel List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Henry Bent wrote: > On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 at 14:03, Larry McVoy wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 11:32:57AM -0700, Marc Rochkind wrote: > > > > > Was your implementation of SCCS ever released by itself? > > > > See if the wayback machine has BitSCCS somewhere. It was pretty early, > > before Rick showed up to fix my screwups. He did point out that my > > weave implementation was the only one written such that I could have > > N serial sets in my hand, and do one pass through the weave and get > > N different checked out files. I don't think we ever used that but > > if we did it would be in smerge.c. > > > > There are many preservations of http://www.bitmover.com/bitsccs/, but since > the BitSCCS sources were distributed via FTP the wayback machine doesn't > have the actual sources. > > I did a bit of searching and found > ftp://linux.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de/pub/linux/distributions/historic/jurix/source/compile/BitSCCS-0.5.2.tar.gz > ; I don't know where that falls in the product's lifetime. > > -Henry Larry, What about GNU CSSC? (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cssc/)? Isn't that a reimplementation of SCCS? Hmm, the README and THANKS file in it provide some info. It's not a full clone, there are some missing features. The last release is from 2019. Arnold