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From: matthew@sunpix.East.Sun.COM ( Sun Visualization Products)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Possible bugs in Bnews 2.11.19
Keywords: ifuncs.c, sendbatch.sh
Message-ID: <5196@sunpix.East.Sun.COM>
Date: 4 Sep 90 16:20:37 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Research Triangle Park, NC
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During the Labor Day weekend, I tinkered around with the configuration 
of our news software here at sunpix.east.sun.com.  During this tinkering,
I found two possible bugs.

The first I found in ifuncs.c. At line 305, I found this line of code.

> appfile = appmsgid = FALSE

This line basically turns off the I and F options in the third field of 
any 'LIBDIR/sys' file entry.  End result, no filenames get logged for
batching.


The second I found in sendbatch.sh.  In lines 89 thru 97, the shell 
variable '$du' gets set if, and only if, certain conditions are meet.
Later on (line 117) '$du" is used to compute '$bytes_this_batch' and
this will fail, if $du wasn't set.

What I might be suffering from, is the slow deviation from true that
continual patching can incure.  Can anyone check and see if they have
the same problem.

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