Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-item-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-item-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.28 -r1.29
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-item-procs.tcl	4 Apr 2018 18:51:56 -0000	1.28
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-item-procs.tcl	7 Apr 2018 17:40:02 -0000	1.29
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@
         # since we can't rely on content_item__new to create a
         # revision we have to pass is_live to content::revision::new
         # and set the live revision there
-        if {([info exists title] && $title ne "")
-            || ([info exists text] && $text ne "")
-            || ([info exists data] && $data ne "")
-            || ([info exists tmp_filename] && $tmp_filename ne "")
+        if {$title ne ""
+            || $text ne ""
+            || $data ne ""
+            || $tmp_filename ne ""
             || [llength $attributes]
         } {
             content::revision::new \
Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-template-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-template-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-template-procs.tcl	24 Dec 2017 13:03:22 -0000	1.10
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-template-procs.tcl	7 Apr 2018 17:40:02 -0000	1.11
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     {-parent_id ""}
     {-is_live ""}
     {-template_id ""}
-    -creation_date
+    {-creation_date ""}
     {-creation_user ""}
     {-creation_ip ""}
     {-package_id ""}
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         [list creation_ip $creation_ip ] \
         [list package_id $package_id ] \
     ]
-    if {([info exists creation_date] && $creation_date ne "")} {
+    if {$creation_date ne ""} {
         lappend arg_list [list creation_date $creation_date ]
     }
     return [package_exec_plsql -var_list  $arg_list content_template new]