If you compare functionality of RCS vs. SCCS you will see that RCS is much more powerful than SCCS. * SCCS is proprietary software and is not an option. Advantages of RCS over SCCS: * Deltas are stored in reverse order. To get the most recent version is cheap. To get the first version in SCCS is cheap. * Key words expand on checkout with RCS. SCCS keywords only expand when the file is unlocked. This means that you cant tell if what you have in SCCS if the file is not checked out. * SCCS only allows a one line comment at checkin. RCS is not limited. * RCS branching is done in pairs of rev numbers. SCCS is not. * RCS allows the $Log$ keyword. SCCS has no such construct so it's not possible to see the history in the src file. * There are many other advantages, but I can't put my finger on them right now. The only advantage that SCCS has is that it allows concurrent locking of the same revision of the file. RCS does not support this. Personally, in a project small enough to use RCS or SCCS, I claim you don't *want* cuncurrent locking. -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Stranger things have happened but none stranger than this. Steven W. Orr- Does your driver's license say Organ Donor?Black holes are where God \ -------divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all individuals!--------- On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Michael George wrote: =>On Mar 16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: =>> Is SCCS available on Red Hat Linux 6.1 ? =>> If not, is there any other alternative utility available for configuration =>> management? => =>Check out RCS. I don't think it's as powerful as SCCS, but I hear it's easier =>to use. It is in its own package: rcs-5.7-10 => =>-Michael => => -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
