Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cbmvax!grr
From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.news.b
Subject: Re: Problem with inews.
Message-ID: <929@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Oct-86 09:49:38 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.929
Posted: Fri Oct 24 09:49:38 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Oct-86 05:31:32 EDT
References: <267@hcfeams.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 21
Keywords: Won't update "active" file.

In article <267@hcfeams.UUCP> sks@hcfeams.UUCP (Sam Spitzner) writes:
>I recently installed news version B 2.11 beta 9/22/86.  I am being
>flooded with messages in my "log" file concerning "Cannot write
>file, already exists."
>
>During investigation, I determined that there was an errorno of 17
>that was being acted on.  The problem was traced to the active file
>not being updated with articles posted on my machine.  It is not
>affecting any downline sites, just mine.  I have traced the inews
>module, and the fprintf on line 638 is returing a value of 15, which
>indicates a correct write.
>
>Sam Spitzner ihnp4!chinet!hcfeams!sks

I seem to recall having the same problem bring up 2.10.3 under SVr1 on
a Zilog system.  There was some code, commented out, that was supposed
to fix a BSD problem.  I activate the code and everything worked fine.
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)