Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!emory!mephisto!mcnc!ramona!andrew From: andrew@ramona.Cary.NC.US (Andrew Ernest) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: Checkgroups problem Summary: rn pl47 handles '=' in active file correctly Message-ID: <1990Aug9.060102.5919@ramona.Cary.NC.US> Date: 9 Aug 90 06:01:02 GMT References: <1990Aug7.053447.19212@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <1990Aug8.113753.3487@warwick.ac.uk> Lines: 12 In article <1990Aug8.113753.3487@warwick.ac.uk> cudep@warwick.ac.uk (Ian Dickinson) writes: >Unfortunately, rn pl47 does care about flags being more than a single >character, and as soon as you set a group to be =othergroup rn thinks >that it is bogus - not good :-( Looks like I'd better fix it. I believe rn's behavior is correct. '=' is for making a transition from a recently deleted group to a more appropriate new or existing group. The deleted group should indeed be considered bogus. People should NOT be encouraged to continue reading or attempting to post to that group. -- Andrew Ernest