Re: [leafnode-list] Changes for Leafnode-1.9.19?

[otr <o.rousseaux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

otr wrote:
> 
> (...) 
> nntpd.c (minor(?) bug)
> - problem in gmtoff (nntpd.c)
> 
>  My TZ environment variable is not set on my system (RH 6.0).
> "putenv( oldzone )" don't give correct results in this case.
> 
> Symptoms:
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: debugmode is 1
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: server is news.libertysurf.fr
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: expire is 665 days
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: maxfetch is 1000
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: initialfetch is 100
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: crosspostlimit is 10 groups
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: maxage is 60
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: timeout_short is 3 days
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: timeout_long is 8 days
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: timeout_active is 366 days
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: config: filterfile is /etc/leafnode/filterfile
> 00:22:24 thor leafnode[1406]: rereading /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo
> => 00:22:27 thor leafnode[1406]: before gmtoff.....
> => 22:22:27 thor leafnode[1406]: after gmtoff.....
> => 22:22:33 thor leafnode[1406]: <quit
> 
> The following patch works for me:
>     if ( zone == NULL ) unsetenv( "TZ" );
>     else putenv( oldzone );
> 
> .. as a replacement for :
>     putenv( oldzone );
> 
> The return value should also be changed like in version 2.0b8 :
> (reported by Stephan Wiens, 29 Oct 2000)
> -    return( gmtsec - localsec );
> +    return( localsec - gmtsec );

Oops!
in fact "return( gmtsec - localsec );"
.. seems to be good!
Corrections are to be reported in version 2.0b8.
The "incorrect GMT offset in NEWGROUPS command" seems to be linked to the
first bug reported above. 

Greetings.

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