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From: fletcher@cs.utexas.edu (Fletcher Mattox)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Annoying problem with rn (v2.11.18)
Message-ID: <7228@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 18 Nov 89 17:28:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.7228
References: <124@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <1989Nov17.005615.4816@NCoast.ORG>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
Lines: 109

In article <1989Nov17.005615.4816@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:

>Pardon me, but by default rn does *not* add new groups to a user's .newsrc if
>the user does not choose to subscribe to them.  Rn uses a separate file
>(.rnsoft) to relate the contents of the active file to that of the .newsrc;
>this can become out of step if a newsgroup is rmgroup'ed, which causes rn (on
>ncoast, at least) to suddenly prompt with about 60 "new" newsgroups.  (When

I found this annoying too.  Rn notices that the size of the active
file (as recorded in .rnlast) has changed and then prompts you to
add every newsgroup which is in active but is not in .newsrc.

I arranged for rn to add (but unsubscribe) the newsgroup to .newsrc 
when you respond negatively to "Newsgroup %s not in .newsrc--add? [yn]".
That way you get asked once and only once.

*** /tmp/rcstuff.c	Sat Nov 18 11:23:45 1989
--- rcstuff.c	Tue May 30 23:21:41 1989
***************
*** 290,295
  	    goto reask_add;
  	}
  	else if (*buf == 'n' || *buf == 'q') {
  	    return FALSE;
  	}
  	else if (*buf == 'y') {

--- 290,296 -----
  	    goto reask_add;
  	}
  	else if (*buf == 'n' || *buf == 'q') {
+ 	    ng = add_newsgroup(ngname, '!');
  	    return FALSE;
  	}
  	else if (*buf == 'y') {
***************
*** 293,299
  	    return FALSE;
  	}
  	else if (*buf == 'y') {
! 	    ng = add_newsgroup(ngname);
  	    do_reloc = FALSE;
  	}
  	else {

--- 294,300 -----
  	    return FALSE;
  	}
  	else if (*buf == 'y') {
! 	    ng = add_newsgroup(ngname, ':');
  	    do_reloc = FALSE;
  	}
  	else {
***************
*** 359,366
  /* add a newsgroup to the .newsrc file (eventually) */
  
  NG_NUM
! add_newsgroup(ngn)
! char *ngn;
  {
      register NG_NUM newng = nextrcline++;
  					/* increment max rcline index */

--- 360,367 -----
  /* add a newsgroup to the .newsrc file (eventually) */
  
  NG_NUM
! add_newsgroup(ngn, c)
! char *ngn, c;
  {
      register NG_NUM newng = nextrcline++;
  					/* increment max rcline index */
***************
*** 369,375
      rcline[newng] = safemalloc((MEM_SIZE)(rcnums[newng] + 1));
      strcpy(rcline[newng],ngn);		/* and copy over the name */
      *(rcline[newng] + rcnums[newng]) = '\0';
!     rcchar[newng] = ':';		/* call it subscribed */
      toread[newng] = TR_NONE;	/* just for prettiness */
  #ifdef HASHNG
      sethash(newng);			/* so we can find it again */

--- 370,376 -----
      rcline[newng] = safemalloc((MEM_SIZE)(rcnums[newng] + 1));
      strcpy(rcline[newng],ngn);		/* and copy over the name */
      *(rcline[newng] + rcnums[newng]) = '\0';
!     rcchar[newng] = c;			/* subscribe or unsubscribe */
      toread[newng] = TR_NONE;	/* just for prettiness */
  #ifdef HASHNG
      sethash(newng);			/* so we can find it again */
***************
*** 375,381
      sethash(newng);			/* so we can find it again */
  #endif
  #ifdef RELOCATE
!     return relocate_newsgroup(newng,-1);
  #else
      return newng;
  #endif

--- 376,382 -----
      sethash(newng);			/* so we can find it again */
  #endif
  #ifdef RELOCATE
!     return c=='!' ? newng : relocate_newsgroup(newng,-1);
  #else
      return newng;
  #endif