Frank Gleason <frankg@halcyon.com> writes: > On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 proff@suburbia.net wrote: > > > > > > > It most likely has -- newsgroups is simply the last list fetched > > on an initial update sequence. > > > > Cheers, > > Julian. > > > > > > Well maybe my problem is somewhere else. The update starts, > lists are checked, list of newsgroups sent, then: > > Feb 10 16:24:17 adagio nntpcache-update[2420]: checking server > news.boeing.com.for 'newsgroups' > Feb 10 16:24:17 adagio nntpcache-update[2420]: sockets.c:463: => > [news.boeing.com.] list newsgroups > Feb 10 16:24:17 adagio nntpcache-update[2420]: list.c:416: refused list > newsgroups on news.boeing.com.: '503 No list of newsgroup descriptions available.' > Feb 10 16:24:17 adagio nntpcache-update[2420]: update task retiring > > trouble is I never see a 'merging' message. Here is an ls of > ~var/nntpcache: > > Also when I first ran the program it core dumped in > make_vm_proc on the line ' Stats->client_connects++;' > I checked with purify and it did not like the malloc > wrappers so I removed them, and the core dumps stopped. > > This is a Solaris 5.5.1 Ultra (64bit). It runs fine at > home on a Redhat Linux 486. > > frankg@halcyon.com This futzing around with the malloc code is what has killed all your groups :) I believe nntpcache-2.3.2.1 addresses the 64bit problems (at least it works fine on my alpha and on my solaris2.6 box). Cheers, Julian.
