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Re: Any limits on Rcs version numbers?
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Hal Morris |
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Re: Any limits on Rcs version numbers? |
Date: |
Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:43:59 -0500 (EST) |
Thanks
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Aaron S. Hawley wrote:
> Hal,
>
> RCS version numbers are obviously stored and i believe internally
> represented as strings, so any of the usual machine arithmetic limits are
> irrelevant.
>
> did you try this?
>
> touch foo
> ci -i365000000 foo
>
Good Idea, thanks.
> so revision numbers wouldn't appear to be a problem. who knows if there
> aren't any other design imposed bug limits in RCS.
>
> these sorts of problems are what the usual database management systems
> (DBMS) are for.
>
I know. That's why I called it an unorthodox approach.
Best wishes, Hal