rd@tarpit.UUCP (Bob Thrush) (12/18/88)
It seems that my news software (2.11.14) leaves 0 length files in
/tmp. It also seems to leave .ina(pid) and .ara(pid) files in the
SPOOLDIR. From the news log, this is directly associated with
processing a "cancel" control message. There is no corresponding
entry in the news errlog. FYI, this is running on a Microport
System V/AT which is based on System V Rel 2. HDB uucp is used
for up- and down-stream feeds.
The articles that were cancelled are in 2 day expire newsgroups.
Only 1 of the 3 was actually cancelled, the other 2 had already
expired.
Is this behavior (unnecessary files left after processing cancel
control messages) expected with System V Rel 2 systems? Could
I have incorrectly configured the news software? Has anyone
else seen this behavior? I will summarize any email activity.
I have attached pertinent excerpts from the above mentioned directories
and log files. At the end of this article I include the localize.sh
used to generate the news system.
Here is what is left in /tmp:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 0 Dec 17 03:10 L<18359@agate.
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 0 Dec 17 03:16 L<213@lakesys.
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 0 Dec 17 03:17 L<214@lakesys.
and in SPOOLDIR:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 0 Dec 17 03:10 .ara13375
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 0 Dec 17 03:16 .ara13435
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 0 Dec 17 03:17 .ara13438
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 116 Dec 17 03:10 .ina13375
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 0 Dec 17 03:16 .ina13435
-rw-rw-r-- 1 news news 0 Dec 17 03:17 .ina13438
and the contents of .ina13375 (the only pertinent file with data)
potency@violet.berkeley.edu
{decvax|hplabs|ihnp4|decwrl|nbires| \
sdcsvax|tektronix|ulysses}!ucbvax!violet!potency
and the relevant snippet from the news log file:
Dec 17 03:10 rtmvax received <1207@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> ng soc.motss subj 'Re: change of venue' from clymer@jete.eng.ohio-state.edu (Prof. Bradley Clymer)
Dec 17 03:10 rtmvax <1207@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> sent to hlborl
Dec 17 03:10 rtmvax linecount expected 2, got 3
Dec 17 03:10 rtmvax received <18359@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ng alt.activism subj 'cancel <18245@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>' from usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU (USENET Administrator)
Dec 17 03:10 rtmvax Ctl Msg alt.activism from rtmvax!peora!hoptoad!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!nmtsun!unmvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!rutgers!labrea!agate!usenet: cancel <18245@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Dec 17 03:10 rtmvax Cancelling <18245@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> 12/15/88 07:53 alt.activism/65
Dec 17 03:10 rtmvax received <29424@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> ng talk.abortion subj 'Re: A little knowledge...' from hansell@yacht.cis.ohio-state.edu (Timothy Hansell)
Dec 17 03:10 rtmvax linecount expected 13, got 14
[ ... unnecessary noise deleted ... ]
Dec 17 03:16 rtmvax received <2114@stiatl.UUCP> ng talk.abortion subj 'Re: My story - the making of one anti-abortionist (clearing the air)' from meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal)
Dec 17 03:16 rtmvax received <213@lakesys.UUCP> ng alt.sex subj 'cancel <209@lakesys.UUCP>' from ginny@lakesys.UUCP (Ginny Baas)
Dec 17 03:16 rtmvax Ctl Msg alt.sex from rtmvax!peora!hoptoad!uunet!labrea!rutgers!uwvax!uwmcsd1!marque!lakesys!ginny: cancel <209@lakesys.UUCP>
Dec 17 03:16 rtmvax Cancelling <209@lakesys.UUCP> 12/16/88 09:27 alt.sex/1014
Dec 17 03:17 rtmvax received <2116@stiatl.UUCP> ng talk.bizarre subj 'Re: A GREAT ASS' from meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal)
Dec 17 03:17 rtmvax received <6741@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM> ng talk.religion.misc subj 'Re: fig tree' from rbq@iforgetmyname.LBP.HARRIS.COM (Robert Quattlebaum)
Dec 17 03:17 rtmvax received <214@lakesys.UUCP> ng alt.sex subj 'cancel <205@lakesys.UUCP>' from ginny@lakesys.UUCP (Ginny Baas)
Dec 17 03:17 rtmvax Ctl Msg alt.sex from rtmvax!peora!hoptoad!uunet!labrea!rutgers!uwvax!uwmcsd1!marque!lakesys!ginny: cancel <205@lakesys.UUCP>
Dec 17 03:17 rtmvax Cancelling <205@lakesys.UUCP> 12/15/88 07:52 alt.sex/991
Dec 17 03:17 rtmvax received <143@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu> ng soc.culture.china subj 'Another footnote: A CR story . ( Re: who to blame ....)' from LICANA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
Dec 17 03:17 rtmvax <143@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu> sent to hlborl
and localize.sh:
:
set -x
rm -f Makefile
cp Makefile.dst Makefile
chmod u+w Makefile
ed - Makefile <<'EOF'
g/SPOOLDIR = \/usr\/spool\/news/s//SPOOLDIR = \/usrx\/spool\/news/
g/LIBDIR = \/usr\/lib\/news/s//LIBDIR = \/usr\/local\/lib\/news/
g/BINDIR = \/usr\/bin/s//BINDIR = \/usr\/local\/bin/
g/IBMFLAGS.=/s//IBMFLAGS = -Ml/
/^UUXFLAGS/s/-r -z/-r/
g/^#USG /s///
g/^#V7 /d
g/^#VMS /d
g/^#BSD4_[123] /d
g/#NOTVMS/s/#NOTVMS.*//
g/termlib/s//curses/
/^CFLAGS/s/-O//
/-o compress compress.c/s//-DM_XENIX -O -o compress compress.c/
w
q
EOF
rm -f defs.h
cp defs.dist defs.h
chmod u+w defs.h
# For the HDB uux, we must remove the "-z" option to avoid
# useless completion mail
ed - defs.h <<'EOF'
/#define ROOTID.10/s//#define ROOTID 73/
/#define N_UMASK.000/s//#define N_UMASK 002/
/#define DFTXMIT."uux - -r -z %s!rnews < %s"/s//#define DFTXMIT "uux - -r %s!rnews < %s"/
/#define UXMIT."uux -r -z -c %s!rnews '<' %s"/s//#define UXMIT "uux -r -c %s!rnews '<' %s"/
/#define TMAIL/s//\/*#define TMAIL/
/#define PAGE.\"\/usr\/ucb\/more\"/s//#define PAGE \"\/usr\/local\/bin\/less\"/
/UNAME/s;/\* ;;
/DOXREFS/s;/\* ;;
/LOCKF/s;/\* ;;
/MKDIRSUB/s;/\* ;;
/MYORG/s/Frobozz Inc., St. Louis/Automation Intelligence,Inc; Orlando,FL/
/NICENESS/s;/\* ;;
/FASCIST/s;/\* ;;
w
q
EOF
--
Bob Thrush UUCP: {rtmvax,ucf-cs}!tarpit!rd
Automation Intelligence, 1200 W. Colonial Drive, Orlando, Florida 32804