Repair broken diff command.

diff --git a/src b/src
index ef822c1805c8e9d6e5016b0691a2b9b25935f6d4..0e8ce3fdcb51c71a5db4f01249fab973b49bbb00 100755 (executable)
--- a/src
+++ b/src
@@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ def release_method(*args):
         elif not os.path.exists(backend.master(arg)):
             croak("%s is not registered, skipping" % arg)
         else:
-            backend.release(arg)
+            with backend.lifter(arg):
+                backend.release(arg)
 
 def ls_method(*args):
     "List registered files."
@@ -940,12 +941,13 @@ class RCS:
                                                     self.master(target))) 
     def diff(self, diffspec1, diffspec2, diffopts, arg):
         "Report a diff."
-        # The || : suppresses the error return from diff(1)
         if diffspec1:
             diffspec1 = "-r" + diffspec1
         if diffspec2:
             diffspec2 = "-r" + diffspec1
-        do_or_die("rcsdiff -q {0} {1} {2} || :".format(diffspec, diffopts, arg),loud=True)
+        # The || : is a hacky shell trick that suppresses the error
+        # return from diff(1).
+        do_or_die("rcsdiff -q {0} {1} {2} {3} || :\n".format(diffspec1, diffspec2, diffopts, arg), loud=True)
     def release(self, arg):
         "Release locks."
         do_or_die("rcs -q -u {0},v".format(arg))