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From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Some 'rn' problems
Message-ID: <3962@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 14:09:50 EST
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.3962
Posted: Tue Jan 27 14:09:50 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 28-Jan-87 23:35:34 EST
References: <807@drivax.UUCP> <3931@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <240@unisoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall)
Organization: Unisys - System Development Group, Santa Monica
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In article <240@unisoft.UUCP> jef@unisoft.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) writes:
>There is definitely a problem with asking about new groups.  It seems
>that if I run rn between the time that the newgroup message arrives
>and the time that the first real message arrives (which can be a matter
>of days), rn tells me "foo does not exist" and I never get asked whether
>I want to add it, even later when it "exists".

This was fixed in patch #28, way back in July.  The current patchlevel of
rn is #40.  Where've you been?

>By the way, is there a better place than this for reporting rn bugs?
>Cause I've got a couple more.

Yeah, like, to me, gag me with a soap opera.

Larry Wall
{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!lwall

P.S. Here's the current index of rn patches:

1: backpage can confuse header parser resulting in bad reply address
2: KILL file can set art < absfirst, causing "(-1 more)" error
3: search commands shouldn't report things junked that already were
4: there should be a way to suppress quoted material and signatures
5: after exiting newsgroup with 'Q', space won't reenter newsgroup
6: devtty isn't defined for TERMIO systems
7: various fixes for configure and make stuff
8: default doesn't work in normal vs mailbox question
9: some random typos and stuff
10: 7 with one blow
11: mbox and norm.saver don't put "Article n of newsgroup" line.
12: Rnmail shouldn't ask editor if EDITOR or VISUAL defined
13: Configure gets spoofed on terminfo vs. termlib.
14: rn -c speedup
15: shouldn't have included sys/types.h twice
16: filexp feeds confusing command to sed
17: articles which are subdirectories should really be ignored
18: The 'r' and 'f' commands ought to work from "End of newsgroup"
19: on some systems rn can miss new newsgroups
20: kill files are boring at low speed
21: %d that should be %ld
22: Patch #14 causes malloc mixups on "rn -c"
23: the NOLINEBUF option doesn't work
24: tailorable mail call string
25: various Pnews and Rnmail upgrades.
26: Catch command can throw off unread article count
27: %m upgrade
28: Won't add new newsgroups that don't have a spool directory yet.
29: Xrefs don't work in 2.10.3
30: changes for compatibility with newsgroup renaming
31: Number of new articles arriving is miscalculated
32: KILL on newly arrived articles can accidentally mark articles read
33: The net reorganization may make too many newsgroups for rn to handle
34: Patch #32 was incomplete.
35: rn -c can produce a memory fault
36: Rn can dump core on 16 bit machines
37: Rn dumps core on appending line to .newsrc
38: Rn dumps core on 16 bit USG machines
39: patch #37 deletes the .rnlast file
40: moderated groups work differently now