Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!jonab From: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar) Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs Subject: Rn bug patch #16 (REPOSTED) Message-ID: <1480@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 19:03:39 EST Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1480 Posted: Fri Nov 16 19:03:39 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Nov-84 05:16:32 EST Reply-To: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar) Distribution: net Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 186 System: rn version 4.1 Bug #: 16 Priority: MEDIUM Subject: & substitution in fullname incorrect Index: Pnews.SH, intrp.c From: mcvax!guido (Guido van Rossum) Description: Neither Pnews nor rn does the & substitution (inserting login name into full name) correctly. This should be of concern only to bsd sites. Repeat-By: Have a passwd GCOS entry that uses & substitution. Get into rn and type /N. You should end up with your correct name. If not, you have the intrp.c bug. Run Pnews. If it produces a header with an incorrect full name, you have the Pnews bug. Fix: From rn, say "| patch -d DIR", where DIR is your rn source directory. Outside of rn, say "cd DIR; patch Pnews <Pnews <