lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) (11/01/86)
System: rn version 4.3
Patch #: 33
Priority: MEDIUM? (depends on how many local newsgroups you have, actually)
Subject: The net reorganization may make too many newsgroups for rn to handle
From: csg@pyramid (Carl S. Gutekunst)
Description:
Depending on how many local newsgroups you have in your active file,
and how many newsgroups you keep in your .newsrc (rn doesn't require
you to keep them all), you may exceed rn's limit of 500 newsgroups.
With the current massive newsgroup renaming, there are more newsgroups
that usual, at least until the old newsgroups are rmgrouped.
Fix: This is really an optional patch. Sites with limited D space may
choose to forego this change, and hope nobody puts too many newsgroups
into their .newsrc. You should increment the patchlevel anyway so
any subsequent patches get applied correctly. You may wish to edit
your newsnews file to instruct people that they can delete unsubscribed
or uninteresting newsgroups from their .newsrc with an editor to keep
themselves under the limit.
Otherwise, install the following patch.
From rn, say "| patch -d DIR", where DIR is your rn source directory.
Outside of rn, say "cd DIR; patch <thisarticle". If you don't have
the patch program, apply the following by hand, or get patch.
If patch indicates that patchlevel is the wrong version, you may need
to apply one or more previous patches, or the patch may already
have been applied. See the patchlevel file to find out what has or
has not been applied. In any event, don't continue with the patch.
If you are missing previous patches they can be obtained from me:
Larry Wall
{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!lwall
If you send a mail message of the following form it will greatly speed
processing:
Subject: Command
@SH mailpatch PATH rn 4.3 NUM ...
where PATH is a return path FROM ME TO YOU in bang notation, and NUM
is the number of one or more patches you need, separated by spaces.
Index: patchlevel
Prereq: 32
1c1
< Patch #: 32
---
> Patch #: 33
Index: common.h
Prereq: 4.3.1.3
*** common.h.old Fri Oct 31 15:48:38 1986
--- common.h Fri Oct 31 15:48:53 1986
***************
*** 1,4
! /* $Header: common.h,v 4.3.1.3 85/05/23 17:19:32 lwall Exp $
*
* $Log: common.h,v $
* Revision 4.3.1.3 85/05/23 17:19:32 lwall
--- 1,4 -----
! /* $Header: common.h,v 4.3.1.4 86/10/31 15:46:09 lwall Exp $
*
* $Log: common.h,v $
* Revision 4.3.1.4 86/10/31 15:46:09 lwall
***************
*** 1,6
/* $Header: common.h,v 4.3.1.3 85/05/23 17:19:32 lwall Exp $
*
* $Log: common.h,v $
* Revision 4.3.1.3 85/05/23 17:19:32 lwall
* Now allows 'r' and 'f' on null articles.
*
--- 1,9 -----
/* $Header: common.h,v 4.3.1.4 86/10/31 15:46:09 lwall Exp $
*
* $Log: common.h,v $
+ * Revision 4.3.1.4 86/10/31 15:46:09 lwall
+ * Expanded maximum number of .newsrc lines for net reorganization.
+ *
* Revision 4.3.1.3 85/05/23 17:19:32 lwall
* Now allows 'r' and 'f' on null articles.
*
***************
*** 210,216
/* Space conservation section */
/* To save D space, cut down size of MAXRCLINE, NGMAX, VARYSIZE. */
! #define MAXRCLINE 500 /* number of lines allowed in .newsrc */
/* several parallel arrays affected. */
/* (You can have more lines in the active file, */
/* just not in the .newsrc) */
--- 222,228 -----
/* Space conservation section */
/* To save D space, cut down size of MAXRCLINE, NGMAX, VARYSIZE. */
! #define MAXRCLINE 1000 /* number of lines allowed in .newsrc */
/* several parallel arrays affected. */
/* (You can have more lines in the active file, */
/* just not in the .newsrc) */
***************
*** 214,220
/* several parallel arrays affected. */
/* (You can have more lines in the active file, */
/* just not in the .newsrc) */
! #define HASHSIZ 547 /* should be prime, and at least MAXRCLINE + 10% */
#define NGMAX 100 /* number of newsgroups allowed on command line */
/* undefine ONLY symbol to disable "only" feature */
#define VARYSIZE 256 /* this makes a block 1024 bytes long in DECville */
--- 226,232 -----
/* several parallel arrays affected. */
/* (You can have more lines in the active file, */
/* just not in the .newsrc) */
! #define HASHSIZ 1103 /* should be prime, and at least MAXRCLINE + 10% */
#define NGMAX 100 /* number of newsgroups allowed on command line */
/* undefine ONLY symbol to disable "only" feature */
#define VARYSIZE 256 /* this makes a block 1024 bytes long in DECville */