Re: [leafnode-list] [ANNOUNCE] First Leafnode-2.0 beta version

[krasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cornelius Krasel)]

Matthias Andree wrote:

> krasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cornelius Krasel) writes:
> 
> > /fetchnews.c:1422: warning: variable `msgid' might be clobbered by `longjmp' or `vfork'
> > 
> > I have no idea how to fix this. It also occurs under Linux.
> 
> It's a GLOBAL variable (miscutil.c), that's why it breaks.

"msgid" is not a global variable. It is defined in the header of
fetchnews.c::main().

> Also note you don't really want longjmp:

I am not satisfied with the code for timeouts altogether. One reason is
that it doesn't work very well; another reason is that it is very clumsy.
I have no idea what the optimal solution is, though.

> Please note that 1.9.17ma3 does not throw ANY warnings (SuSE Linux 6.4)
> apart from "unused parameter" with 'make CFLAGS="-O2 -W -Wall
> -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes"' - not even the strftime
> warning about the year.

It seems to break RFC977 by doing so. There is a reason why I stick to
the two-digit year format: it is not because I am so glad about these
warnings, but it is the proper format for NEWGROUPS as described in that
RFC.

--Cornelius.

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