storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm) (07/19/89)
I have tracked down the infamous "Corrupted database" bug I
unfortunately introduced with patch #4 in an attempt to handle
non-existing directories better (with the opposite effect).
I have included an "interrim" patch below which will fix the bug.
It is a problem in nn/nnadmin, so there is no need to rebuild the
database - it is not corrupted!
NOTICE: This is not an official nn patch -- it is just to get you
going until I find the time to put together a real official patch. I
have promised a few more things for patch #5, so it will probably take
a week or so to get it ready (and with all the hassle I have with
people not getting all the patches, I want to limit the number of
patches).
Of course this patch will be part of patch #5, so when that arrives
you must reverse this unofficial patch before applying it.
++Kim Storm
*** /usr/storm/nn6.3.4/db.c Mon Jul 10 13:36:06 1989
--- db.c Mon Jul 17 22:31:59 1989
***************
*** 45,51 ****
if (is_master)
group_position = group_path_name;
else {
- if (gh->group_flag & G_NO_DIRECTORY) return 0;
strcpy(group_path_name, news_directory);
group_position = group_path_name + strlen(group_path_name);
*group_position++ = '/';
--- 45,50 ----
***************
*** 83,88 ****
--- 82,88 ----
} else {
/* client */
+ if (gh->group_flag & G_NO_DIRECTORY) return 0;
*p++ = '/';
group_file_name = p;
--
Kim F. Storm storm@texas.dk Tel +45 429 174 00
Texas Instruments, Marielundvej 46E, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark
No news is good news, but nn is better!scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) (07/20/89)
storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: >I have tracked down the infamous "Corrupted database" bug I >unfortunately introduced with patch #4 in an attempt to handle >non-existing directories better (with the opposite effect). >I have included an "interrim" patch below which will fix the bug. >It is a problem in nn/nnadmin, so there is no need to rebuild the >database - it is not corrupted! Kim then supplies the interim patch. Not being particularly thrilled with the idea of patching, installing, unpatching, installing (no offense, Kim :-) I tried just creating the missing directories and rebuilding the database. Worked fine. The more I use nn the more I like it. Good stuff. -- Steve Simmons scs@vax3.iti.org Industrial Technology Institute Ann Arbor, MI. "Velveeta -- the Spam of Cheeses!" -- Uncle Bonsai