rrauenza@cup.hp.com (Rich Rauenzahn) writes:
> telnet> Connection closed.
> $ telnet hpvablab nntp
> Trying...
> Connected to hpvablab.cup.hp.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 200 hpvablab.cup.hp.com NNTPcache server V2.2b6 [see www.nntpcache.org]
> (c) 1996-1998 Julian Assange <proff@iq.org> Jan 19 1
> 998 ready (posting ok).
> xgtitle hp.test
> 282
> hp.test 9903 9611 y
> .
> quit
> 205
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> $
This is a bug indeed. If you give an xgtitle command with a single
newsgroup you get back the active information. The same holds for
"list newsgroups". You can find my changes to list.c below.
Cheers,
Hugo
Hugo Embrechts
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--- list.c 1997/10/28 12:07:06 1.1
+++ list.c 1998/01/13 13:32:04
@@ -544,15 +544,34 @@
if (group_pat && !strpbrk(group_pat, "*?[]"))
{
if ((n = newsgroup_find_add(group_pat, NULL, FALSE)))
+ {
#ifdef READ_LOCKS
- if (newsgroupLockRead(n))
+ if (!newsgroupLockRead(n))
+ goto end ;
+#endif
+ if (con.listSecurity && !authGroup(n->group, FALSE))
+ goto end ;
+ switch (list->type)
{
+ case l_active:
bytes+=print_active(n);
- n->read_locks--;
+ break;
+ case l_active_times:
+ if (n->creation_time && n->creator)
+ bytes+=emitf ("%s %lu %s\r\n", n->group, n->creation_time, n->creator);
+ break;
+ case l_xgtitle:
+ case l_newsgroups:
+ if (n->desc)
+ bytes+=emitf ("%s\t%s\r\n", n->group, n->desc);
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
}
-#else
- print_active(n);
+#ifdef READ_LOCKS
+ n->read_locks--;
#endif
+ }
goto end;
}
for (n=Ni->newsgroup_head; n; n=n->next)
