Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!overload!dillon From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: short overflow in Dnews and Arn Message-ID: Date: 24 Dec 90 22:19:19 GMT References: <901220.223410.CST.C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu> Lines: 29 In article <901220.223410.CST.C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu> C506634@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Eric Edwards) writes: > >I don't have source for Arn so I figured I'd recompile or patch Dnews. >Then I saw the line "...Dnews has only a make file for DICE" >Neither compiling without a make file or installing a new C compiler fills my >heart with joy. > >So, does anyone out there have a copy of Dnews or Arn patched or recompiled to >used 32 bit ints? If you do I would greatly apreciate a copy. > >Eric Edwards: c506634 @ "The 3090. Proof that by applying state of the -- Just clear out the directory, including the .next file, and the articles will be reset to start at 1 again. The limitation has nothing to do with how DNews was compiled... ints are in fact 32 bits. It has to do with a purposeful limitation in the maximum article number. Theoretically it was *supposed* to roll over automatically. Obviously there are a few bugs in that department. -Matt Matthew Dillon dillon@Overload.Berkeley.CA.US 891 Regal Rd. uunet.uu.net!overload!dillon Berkeley, Ca. 94708 USA