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From: toad@cellar.UUCP (Tony Shepps)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: How crucial to run mkhistory?
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Date: 30 Jan 91 03:42:39 GMT
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A very recent article in, I think news.admin, recommends the deletion of a 
certain very large article in alt.fan.monty-python.  This set me to 
wondering: if the method of deletion would be simply to rm the article, not 
to officially cancel it, how crucial would it be to run mkhistory to ensure 
an accurate history file?  What bad things would happen if the file were 
merely missing?

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