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From: bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman)
Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.misc,news.admin
Subject: Re: trn: is an article read or unread?
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Date: 18 Jan 91 18:44:12 GMT
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In article <5J1qV1w163w@borla.UUCP> davison%borla@kithrup.com writes:
-> 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.

This is close.  Actually, I'm running B news 2.11.19.  The problem
began when, having heard "you can run C news expire with B news",
I installed C news expire.

The difference in expiration time was impressive, but unfortunately,
C news expire fails to update the minimum-article-number field in the
active file.  This is what was causing my problem.  I've returned to
B news expire until I have time to waste figuring this all out.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with trn.

Thanks to those of you who offered help.  You were all wrong, but
it's the thought that counts.  :-)


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