[net.notes] large notes don't work

nickles (01/12/83)

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ihlpb!nickles    Jan 12 13:16:00 1983

I have just run into the same problem.  Our source was cut off
after 3100 (exactly) lines.  I.e. the s command said "saved 3100 lines".
I had to go to readnews to get the correct (unabridged) source.
Ray?

					Jack Nickles
					ihlpb!nickles

mclure (03/09/83)

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sri-unix!mclure    Jan 10 13:00:00 1983

Has anyone fixed the bug of large notes not working correctly?  Someone
here recently noticed that trying to 's' the large tiny-C note from
net.sources to a file only saves part of it.  Anyone have a fix?  Is it
an inherent design limitation?  If so, it seems to be a serious one and
the major reason for keeping readnews around at all.

	Stuart
	ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix!mclure

malcolm (03/13/83)

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pur-ee!malcolm    Mar 12 20:57:00 1983

You're right...the 64K article limit is a design flaw with notes.  The
original design (13 months ago) only allowed notes to be 20 lines long
and the newsinput program made the extra lines into followup notes.  A
few months ago, Ray said it would be very hard to change this limitation
because all the notesfile databases would have to change.

I guess, either way, it is not going to be easy.  Maybe in the next 
notes release the pointers can be increased to 32 bits and we can stop
worrying about this problem.

						Malcolm