Fix RCS crashes in vc-test

* lisp/vc/vc-rcs.el (vc-rcs-register): Avoid crashes with some old
ports of 'ci' on MS-Windows by always passing the -t- switch.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-rcs.el b/lisp/vc/vc-rcs.el
index 1e1990890a2..71ffa55a6e9 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-rcs.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-rcs.el
@@ -243,7 +243,9 @@ to the RCS command."
              ;; if available, use the secure registering option
              (and (vc-rcs-release-p "5.6.4") "-i")
              "-u"
-             (and comment (concat "-t-" comment))
+             ;; Some old MS-Windows ports of RCS crash when "ci -i" is
+             ;; invoked without -t; indulge them.
+             (concat "-t-" (or comment ""))
              (vc-switches 'RCS 'register))
       ;; parse output to find master file name and workfile version
       (with-current-buffer "*vc*"