Thanks for the email --- I do want to assure everyone that I have no
smoking gun on this error: It may not be nntpcache, but one symptom is
that I can avoid the error by taking nntpcache out of the loop. It is
probably involved, but could well be acting correctly and that is what
is causing the problems for GNUS.
>>>>> "J" == Julian Assange <proff@iq.org> writes:
J> 2.4.0b[12] includes a y2k fix. what version of nntpcache are
J> you using?
2.4.0b1 from the website. It has me wondering about other potential
problems where software on Y2K compliant systems may encounter data
from non-compliant systems, but some may handle the problems in
different and incompatible ways.
To complete the picture, I am using
bind-8.2.1-7mdk
sendmail-8.9.3-11mdk
emacs-20.4-1mdk
gnus-5.8.2
Bind reports too many lame servers to be accurate, but I get this
behaviour whether I use my local caching nameserver or if I use my
ISP's nameserver, and nslookup appears to work fine after I restarted
named. Gnus can read from any other nntp servers, but *sometimes*
jams while accessing my localhost nntpcache until I rebuild
cache.mmap. KNews and telnet have no trouble reading from nntpcache
while gnus thinks it is hung. When it is hung, the process table says
it has an active task merging active from news.freshmeat.net, which is
not my first nntp server (or my last).
I have also noticed that there is one specific correspondent of mine
who appears to be sending messages dated 100 AD, but no one else on
our mailing list is seeing this (I am the only one using GNUS) Since
that is an email symptom, it is either unrelated to the nntpcached
problem, or shows that nntpcached is not involved in the bug.
The problem is not serious, so don't lose sleep over it. If anyone
else notices any similar behaviour, let us know and perhaps if we can
gather some data from alternate configurations we can spot the error.
--
Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@canada.com> TeleDynamics Communications Inc
Business Telecom Services : Internet Consulting : http://www.teledyn.com
Linux/GNU Education Group: http://www.egroups.com/group/linux-education/
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."(Pablo Picasso)
