lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) (09/05/85)
System: rn version 4.3 Patch #: 26 Priority: LOW Subject: Catch command can throw off unread article count From: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) Description: If more articles are found for a newsgroup after a catchup command has been executed, the count of unread articles will be off. This is a hangover from when catchup always threw you out of the newsgroup, so it didn't bother keeping track of unread articles because it knew it would be recomputed later. Fix: 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. Index: patchlevel Prereq: 25 1c1 < Patch #: 25 --- > Patch #: 26 Index: ng.c Prereq: 4.3.1.4 *** ng.c.old Thu Sep 5 12:38:27 1985 --- ng.c Thu Sep 5 12:39:17 1985 *************** *** 1,4 ! /* $Header: ng.c,v 4.3.1.4 85/07/23 18:19:46 lwall Exp $ * * $Log: ng.c,v $ * Revision 4.3.1.4 85/07/23 18:19:46 lwall --- 1,4 ----- ! /* $Header: ng.c,v 4.3.1.5 85/09/05 12:34:37 lwall Exp $ * * $Log: ng.c,v $ * Revision 4.3.1.5 85/09/05 12:34:37 lwall *************** *** 1,6 /* $Header: ng.c,v 4.3.1.4 85/07/23 18:19:46 lwall Exp $ * * $Log: ng.c,v $ * Revision 4.3.1.4 85/07/23 18:19:46 lwall * Added MAILCALL environment variable. * --- 1,9 ----- /* $Header: ng.c,v 4.3.1.5 85/09/05 12:34:37 lwall Exp $ * * $Log: ng.c,v $ + * Revision 4.3.1.5 85/09/05 12:34:37 lwall + * Catchup command could make unread article count too big. + * * Revision 4.3.1.4 85/07/23 18:19:46 lwall * Added MAILCALL environment variable. * *************** *** 721,727 goto reask_catchup; } for (i = firstart; i <= lastart; i++) { ! ctl_set(i); /* mark as read */ } #ifdef DELAYMARK if (dmfp) --- 724,730 ----- goto reask_catchup; } for (i = firstart; i <= lastart; i++) { ! oneless(i); /* mark as read */ } #ifdef DELAYMARK if (dmfp)