lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) (05/14/85)
System: rn version 4.3 Patch #: 2 Priority: LOW Subject: KILL file can set art < absfirst, causing "(-1 more)" error From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Description: If a newsgroup with a KILL file is left unread for a long time, the last article processed by the KILL file, as recorded by the THRU line in the KILL file, can become less than the minimum article in the newsgroup due to article expiration. Unfortunately, there was no check to see if this had happened, so it was possible for rn to try to junk articles without valid bits in the bitmap. This causes rn to think it has junked more articles than it really has, causing the count of unread articles to become incorrect. 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. Warning: this patch is not reversed. If the patch program says it is, then this patch has already been applied, and you should not apply it again. 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: 1 1c1 < Patch #: 1 --- > Patch #: 2 Index: kfile.c Prereq: 4.3 *** kfile.c.old Fri May 10 14:22:47 1985 --- kfile.c Fri May 10 14:22:49 1985 *************** *** 1,4 ! /* $Header: kfile.c,v 4.3 85/05/01 11:41:53 lwall Exp $ * * $Log: kfile.c,v $ * Revision 4.3 85/05/01 11:41:53 lwall --- 1,4 ----- ! /* $Header: kfile.c,v 4.3.1.2 85/05/10 14:21:29 lwall Exp $ * * $Log: kfile.c,v $ * Revision 4.3.1.2 85/05/10 14:21:29 lwall *************** *** 1,6 /* $Header: kfile.c,v 4.3 85/05/01 11:41:53 lwall Exp $ * * $Log: kfile.c,v $ * Revision 4.3 85/05/01 11:41:53 lwall * Baseline for release with 4.3bsd. * --- 1,12 ----- /* $Header: kfile.c,v 4.3.1.2 85/05/10 14:21:29 lwall Exp $ * * $Log: kfile.c,v $ + * Revision 4.3.1.2 85/05/10 14:21:29 lwall + * Prevented THRU from setting art < absfirst. + * + * Revision 4.3.1.1 85/05/10 11:34:33 lwall + * Branch for patches. + * * Revision 4.3 85/05/01 11:41:53 lwall * Baseline for release with 4.3bsd. * *************** *** 65,71 while (fgets(buf,LBUFLEN,kfp) != Nullch) { buf[strlen(buf)-1] = '\0'; if (strnEQ(buf,"THRU",4)) { ! firstart = atol(buf+4)+1; continue; } if (*buf == 'X') { /* exit command? */ --- 71,83 ----- while (fgets(buf,LBUFLEN,kfp) != Nullch) { buf[strlen(buf)-1] = '\0'; if (strnEQ(buf,"THRU",4)) { ! ART_NUM tmpart; ! ! tmpart = atol(buf+4)+1; ! if (tmpart < absfirst) ! tmpart = absfirst; ! check_first(tmpart); ! firstart = tmpart; continue; } if (*buf == 'X') { /* exit command? */