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From: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs
Subject: Rn bug patch #20 (REPOSTED)
Message-ID: <1484@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 19:05:25 EST
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1484
Posted: Fri Nov 16 19:05:25 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Nov-84 05:18:10 EST
Reply-To: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
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Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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System: rn version 4.1
Bug #: 20
Priority: LOW
Subject: KILL files blow up because '/' not considered a metacharacter
Index: artsrch.c
Prereq: 4.1
From: ber@yquem.UUCP

Description:
	When rn is processing subjects to turn them into search strings, it
	translates search meta-characters into '.'.  Unfortunately, '/',
	while not strictly a search meta-character, is the search string
	delimiter used by the 'K' command, and needs to be included in the
	list of special characters.  (Note that '?' does not need to be
	a special character since 'K' only uses '/'.)

Repeat-By:
	Find an article with a subject containing a slash.  Type 'K' to put
	the subject into the KILL file.  Type '-' to get back to the article
	and 'm' to mark it unread.  Exit the newsgroup and reenter it.
	Watch the fireworks as rn tries to interpret the end of the subject
	as a list of commands.

Fix:	To repair a KILL file with this problem, edit the KILL file, find
	the offending '/', and either quote it with a backslash, or replace
	it with a '.'.

	From rn, say "| patch -d DIR", where DIR is your rn source directory.
	Outside of rn, say "cd DIR; patch <thisarticle".  If you don't have
	the patch program, apply the following by hand, or get patch.

*** /tmp/,RCSt1012951	Wed Oct 31 09:57:39 1984
--- /tmp/,RCSt2012951	Wed Oct 31 09:57:44 1984
***************
*** 1,4
! /* $Header: artsrch.c,v 4.1 84/09/24 11:42:18 lwall Exp $
   *
   * $Log:	artsrch.c,v $
   * Revision 4.1  84/09/24  11:42:18  lwall

--- 1,4 -----
! /* $Header: artsrch.c,v 4.1.1.2 84/10/31 09:55:45 lwall Exp $
   *
   * $Log:	artsrch.c,v $
   * Revision 4.1.1.2  84/10/31  09:55:45  lwall
***************
*** 1,6
  /* $Header: artsrch.c,v 4.1 84/09/24 11:42:18 lwall Exp $
   *
   * $Log:	artsrch.c,v $
   * Revision 4.1  84/09/24  11:42:18  lwall
   * Real baseline.
   * 

--- 1,12 -----
  /* $Header: artsrch.c,v 4.1.1.2 84/10/31 09:55:45 lwall Exp $
   *
   * $Log:	artsrch.c,v $
+  * Revision 4.1.1.2  84/10/31  09:55:45  lwall
+  * Added / to list of search meta-characters.
+  * 
+  * Revision 4.1.1.1  84/09/25  13:20:11  lwall
+  * Branch for sdcrdcf changes.
+  * 
   * Revision 4.1  84/09/24  11:42:18  lwall
   * Real baseline.
   * 
***************
*** 150,156
  	    srchahead = -1;
  	h[24] = '\0';		/* compensate for notesfiles */
  	while (*h) {
! 	    if (index("\\[.^*$'\"",*h) != Nullch)
  		*h++ = '.';
  	    else
  		h++;

--- 156,162 -----
  	    srchahead = -1;
  	h[24] = '\0';		/* compensate for notesfiles */
  	while (*h) {
! 	    if (index("/\\[.^*$'\"",*h) != Nullch)
  		*h++ = '.';
  	    else
  		h++;