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Subject: News 2.11 bugs introduced by patch #3
Message-ID: <377@inthap.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Feb-87 19:22:12 EST
Article-I.D.: inthap.377
Posted: Thu Feb 26 19:22:12 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 1-Mar-87 12:48:56 EST
Organization: Intel Corp., Hauppauge, NY
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Here are some bugs (with fixes) that were introduced into news 2.11 by
patch #3.

1)	Bug in inews.c

		The following problem was introduced into inews as a result of
		patch #3. This problem will only occur if neither BSD4_2 or
		LOCKF is defined by defs.h.
		
		Line # 159 of inews.c is as follows:
		
			UNLINK(ACTIVE, bfr); 
		
		This generates a warning from the compiler and produces
		incorrect operation.

		Line 159 of inews.c should read as follows:
		
			UNLINK( bfr);
		
2)	Bug in visual.c

		Patch #3 causes the vnews 's' command (save) to output garbage
		rather than the "created" or "appended" message.

		This will occur only on machines where
		sizeof(char *) > sizeof(int). To fix the problem
		change the routine msg in visual.c to declare
		parameters a1, a2, a3 and a4 as long.
-- 
John Casey	Intel Corporation	(516) 231-3300
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