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From: flee@gondor.cs.psu.edu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Can 'rrn' check for new news?
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Date: 21 May 88 02:54:02 GMT
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Reply-To: flee@gondor.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
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Posted: Fri May 20 22:54:02 1988

One caveat about my patch.  You will notice that the "=" command doesn't
show new articles after 'rrn' rereads the active file.  Don't panic.
This is not a problem with rrn.

The problem is with the server.  'nntpd' reads the active file into an array
when it starts up.  This array *never ever* gets updated.  Curiously enough,
if you ask the server "LIST", nntpd will read the active file again.  But it
still doesn't update the array.

This affects rrn's "=" command and article searching.  Everything else
functions normally.  The easiest fix is to quit out of rrn.  A better
fix would be to patch nntp/server/list.c.  Coming soon to a newsgroup
near you...
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Felix Lee	flee@gondor.cs.psu.edu	*!psuvax1!gondor!flee