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From: davison%borla@kithrup.com
Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.misc,news.admin
Subject: Re: trn: is an article read or unread?
Message-ID: <5J1qV1w163w@borla.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 91 05:17:39 GMT
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Organization: Borland International
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> I keep getting this kind of thing from trn:
> 
>     ********   1 unread article  in comp.windows.open-look--read now? [+ynq] 
>
>     No unread articles to select.
>[...]
> Can anyone tell me whether this is a bug, and if so, how to fix it?

The way to tell if it is a bug is to check to see if the spool directory
for the group corresponds with the min/max numbers for the group in the
active file, and if so, is trn not showing one or more articles that
exist in the spool directory and active file?  Probably not.

What I'd guess is actually the problem is that you're running an old copy
of B news that sets the min field equal to the maximum for an empty group.
Thus, trn believes that the group has one article in it by looking at the
active file, yet when it attempts to access the group's thread data, nothing
is there.  The fix for this is to upgrade your news software to either a
newer version of B news or to C news.
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