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From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Problem with latest nn patch (#4)?
Message-ID: <1084@ispi.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jul 89 12:25:52 GMT
References: <1989Jul12.173607.4665@ivucsb.sba.ca.us>
Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
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todd@ivucsb.sba.ca.us (Todd Day) writes:

>I just installed the latest nn patch, and am not sure if I stumbled
>upon a bug.

>I am running C News.  I get a partial feed, so some directories haven't
>been created yet (actually, C News does create them, I think, but B News
>never did *unless* an article got posted to that group).

>I noticed that nnmaster did not create any .d or .x files in the database
>for the groups that have no spool directory.

>Now, every time that nn hits one of these group, it says
>DATABASE CORRUPTED FOR GROUP xxx.xxx.xxx

>So, is this a bug in nnmaster or is it in nn?


From the nn mailing list:


}I have had several indications that patch #4 may have broken something
}in the nnmaster concerning groups without a spool directory.
}
}When nn sees such groups it may report that 
}
}	"database corrupted for group xxx"
}
}These messages are harmless, but quite irritating.
}
}(V)alidate in nnadmin may think the same.
}
}
}There are two work-arounds:
}
}1) create the missing directories for these groups.
}
}2) comment out the lines in group.c reporting the "database corrupted"
}   and the associated 'user-delay'.
}
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