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From: brian@cdp.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Smail2.5 binary search bug
Message-ID: <135800005@cdp>
Date: 7 Mar 91 23:43:00 GMT
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Nf-ID: #N:cdp:135800005:000:1030
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!brian    Mar  7 15:43:00 1991



i have just discoverd that the binary search routine in
smail 2.5 is faulty. it seems it can miss (at least) the
last line in the paths file. the version i have is:

**	@(#)defs.h	2.5 (smail) 9/15/87

my paths file looks like:
---------------------file starts below here------------
cdp	cdp!%s	100
cdp2	%s	0
smart-host	cdp!uunet!%s	100
---------------------file ends above here--------------

if i try to feed it "smail -dR anyhost!anyuser" i get:

resolve: parse address 'anyuser' = 'anyuser' @ '' (LOCAL)
resolve: parse address 'anyhost!anyuser' = 'anyuser' @ 'anyhost' (UUCP)
getpath: looking for '.anyhost'
getpath: looking for 'anyhost'
getpath: looking for 'smart-host'
route 'anyhost' failed
resolve 'anyhost!anyuser' = 'anyuser' @ 'anyhost' (UUCP)
COMMAND: /usr/bin/uux -aroot -r - anyhost!rmail '(anyuser)'

has there been a patch to fix this?

thanks


Brian J. Coan
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