Re: [leafnode-list] groups always listed as new

[krasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cornelius Krasel)]

Nick,

> > It may also be interesting to get a debuglog of a newsreader invocation;
> > maybe your newsreader is not working properly. (The debuglog will show
> > how the newsreader invokes the "NEWGROUPS" command.)
> 
> OK, how does this look? ( "delete" rather confusingly, is my current
> hostname )
> Jan  2 23:54:11 delete leafnode[174]: config: debugmode is 1
> Jan  2 23:54:12 delete leafnode[174]: rereading
> /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo
> Jan  2 23:54:15 delete leafnode[174]: <MODE READER
> Jan  2 23:54:15 delete leafnode[174]: >200 Leafnode 1.9.7, pleased to meet 
> you!
> Jan  2 23:54:17 delete leafnode[174]: <XOVER
> Jan  2 23:54:17 delete leafnode[174]: >412 Use the GROUP command first
> Jan  2 23:54:17 delete leafnode[174]: <LIST overview.fmt
> Jan  2 23:54:17 delete leafnode[174]: >215 information follows
> Jan  2 23:54:17 delete leafnode[174]: <LIST
> Jan  2 23:54:17 delete leafnode[174]: >215 Newsgroups in form "group high
> low flags".
> Jan  2 23:54:33 delete leafnode[174]: <NEWGROUPS 1000102 184044

This is bad format, since the date in NEWGROUPS should be either 6 or 8
digits but not seven. Apparently Leafnode has a problem with this instead
of just refusing it. Therefore, while the cause of the problem is your
newsreader, leafnode does not deal properly with the badly formatted
query. I'll try to think of a patch soon.

Thanks for your help,
--Cornelius.

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