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From: seg@smsdpg.uu.net (Scott Garfinkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: A Better vn Patch
Message-ID: <190@smsdpg.uu.net>
Date: 1 Feb 89 19:22:39 GMT
Reply-To: seg@smsdpg.uu.net (Scott Garfinkle)
Organization: SMS Data Products Group, Inc.
Lines: 50

Recently a posted a patch to prevent vn from bombing under some circumstances
(e.g. when doing a followup from inside a digest).  To my chagrin, that
patch wasn't sufficient.  I believe this patch to be sufficient.  Please
reverse the original patch (i.e. remove the extra test and set of Pool) and
apply the following:
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*** std.c-	Wed Feb  1 14:18:12 1989
--- std.c	Wed Feb  1 14:17:28 1989
***************
*** 1216,1222 ****
  	** few assignments, and the "Priv" declaration are only needed
  	** with some define settings.  Not worth ifdef'ing.
  	*/
! 	Pool = str_tpool(100);
  
  	hdr->artid = "<some article>";
  	hdr->from = "<somebody>";
--- 1216,1223 ----
  	** few assignments, and the "Priv" declaration are only needed
  	** with some define settings.  Not worth ifdef'ing.
  	*/
! 	if(Pool == NULL)	/* may have been inited below, already... */
! 		Pool = str_tpool(100);
  
  	hdr->artid = "<some article>";
  	hdr->from = "<somebody>";
***************
*** 1462,1467 ****
--- 1463,1472 ----
  	*/
  	if (i > 1 && hdr->priv_num < 8)
  	{
+ 		/* initialize Pool if not already done.
+ 		 */
+ 		if (Pool == NULL)
+ 			Pool = str_tpool(100);
  		(hdr->priv)[hdr->priv_num] = str_tstore(Pool,ptr);
  		++(hdr->priv_num);
  	}
***************
*** 1511,1516 ****
--- 1516,1523 ----
  	hdr->mail_err = NULL;
  			;
  
+ 	if (Pool == NULL)
+ 		Pool = str_tpool(100);
  #ifdef INLETTER
  	hdr->mailcmd = Mailer;
  	sprintf(buf,"%s%s",TO_head,addr);