Question

I have a problem that occurs when trying to replace an existing attachment with a new version of the same file. From the attachment table, I select "action", then "browse" to find the file, and "Upload File". I get the following error message:

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Topic save error

During save of file Test an error was found by the version control system. Please notify your TWiki administrator.

/share/bin/ci -q -l -m'none' -t-none -w'mark' /share/www/twiki/pub/Test/WebHome/MARC_Attendees.2.xls 2>&1 1>/dev/null Binary files /tmp/dcYaW9Q and /tmp/T2zXaO9Q differ ci: /share/www/twiki/pub/Test/WebHome/MARC_Attendees.2.xls,v: diff failed ci aborted

Go back in your browser and save your changes locally.

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Can someone explain why this happens? .

• TWiki version: 01Dec2001
• Web server: Apache 1.3.26
• Server OS: Solaris 8
• Web browser: Netscape 4.79
• Client OS: Win2k SP2

-- MarkThomson - 21 Aug 2002

Answer

Is possibly a mismatch between ci and diff. Make sure to use the GNU diff, build it first, then build rcs pointing to the correct location of the GNU diff.