diff -ruN rcs-5.7.orig/src/conf.sh rcs-5.7/src/conf.sh
--- rcs-5.7.orig/src/conf.sh	1995-06-16 08:19:24.000000000 +0200
+++ rcs-5.7/src/conf.sh	2002-07-01 13:24:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 chmod 0 a.d &&
 { test -w a.d || cp /dev/null a.d 2>/dev/null; } && {
 	echo >&3 "$n$0: This command should not be run with superuser permissions."
-	exit 1
 }
 echo >&3 OK
 rm -f a.d || exit