Re: [leafnode-list] tin: "Can't retrieve active" with 1.9.49.rel + 1.9.51.rel

[Martin Klaiber <martinkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Martin Klaiber schrieb am 2004-03-31:

>> tin gives me the error-message: "Can't retrieve active" when I run
>> it on leafnode versions 1.9.49.rel and 1.9.51.rel. Up to 1.9.43.rel
>> everything was ok. I didn't try out the versions inbetween.

> Are you running tin in NNTP mode?

This means, I'm not reading from the spool? Yes.

> Have you run "texpire" recently?

Yes. It found some illegal headers but tin still crashes.

> I have just tried tin

Which version?

> (run as "rtin")

That's what I do too.

> on leafnode 1.9.52.rc13, without problem. I am not aware of having
> fixed active-file related bugs that might have killed rtin.

>> I tried out tin versions 1.5.12, 1.5.17 and 1.7.0. All work fine

> These are developer versions.

I don't think this is the reason, but I could try a stable version.

>> with leafnode-1.9.43 or lower, but none works with the two versions
>> mentioned above. Is this more likely a tin- oder leafnode-problem?

> Unknown. Please capture an NNTP trace (either set debugmode=3 or check
> the tin debug options - may require recompilation) and show relevant
> excerpts.

Ok, there are some differences in the syslog. First the output of
leafnode-1.9.51.rel (with tin-1.5.12):

| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: connect from 127.0.0.1
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: debugmode is 3
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: server is news.fu-berlin.de
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: expire is 7 days
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: groupexpire for de.rec.outdoors is 10000 days
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: groupexpire for de.sci.psychologie is 10000 days
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: maxfetch is 999999
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: initialfetch is 100
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: maxage clamped to 24854
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: maxage is 24854
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: postings have max. 50000 bytes
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: timeout_short is 999999 days
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: timeout_long is 999999 days
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: filterfile is /etc/leafnode/filterfile
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: config: hostname is martinkl.dialup.fu-berlin.de
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: Core file size: 16777216
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: connect from localhost (127.0.0.1) to localhost (127.0.0.1) (my fqdn: martinkl.dialup.fu-berlin.de)
| Mar 31 16:45:30 wallace leafnode[13651]: rereading /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo
| Mar 31 16:45:34 wallace leafnode[13651]: <LIST
| Mar 31 16:45:34 wallace leafnode[13651]: >215 Newsgroups in form "group high low flags".

That's it. Nothing more.

And now the output of leafnode-1.9.43.rel with the same tin-version:

| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: connect from 127.0.0.1
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: debugmode is 3
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: server is news.fu-berlin.de
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: expire is 7 days
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: groupexpire for de.rec.outdoors is 10000 days 
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: groupexpire for de.sci.psychologie is 10000 days
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: maxfetch is 999999
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: initialfetch is 100
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: maxage clamped to 24854
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: maxage is 24854
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: postings have max. 50000 bytes
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: timeout_short is 999999 days
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: timeout_long is 999999 days
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: filterfile is /etc/leafnode/filterfile
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: config: hostname is martinkl.dialup.fu-berlin.de
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: Changing core file size failed: Invalid argument
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: Core file size: 0
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: connect from localhost (127.0.0.1) to localhost (127.0.0.1) (my fqdn: martinkl.dialup.fu-berlin.de)
| Mar 31 16:55:31 wallace leafnode[13959]: rereading /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo
| Mar 31 16:55:35 wallace leafnode[13959]: <MODE READER
| Mar 31 16:55:35 wallace leafnode[13959]: >200 Leafnode 1.9.43.rel, pleased to meet you!
| Mar 31 16:55:35 wallace leafnode[13959]: <XOVER
| Mar 31 16:55:35 wallace leafnode[13959]: >412 Use the GROUP command first
| Mar 31 16:55:35 wallace leafnode[13959]: <LIST overview.fmt
| Mar 31 16:55:35 wallace leafnode[13959]: >215 information follows
| Mar 31 16:55:35 wallace leafnode[13959]: <LIST
| Mar 31 16:55:35 wallace leafnode[13959]: >215 Newsgroups in form "group high low flags".
| Mar 31 16:55:40 wallace leafnode[13959]: <GROUP bln.announce.fub
| Mar 31 16:55:40 wallace leafnode[13959]: >211 1 283 283 bln.announce.fub group selected
| Mar 31 16:55:40 wallace leafnode[13959]: <GROUP bln.announce.fub.cs.d
| Mar 31 16:55:40 wallace leafnode[13959]: >211 1 37 37 bln.announce.fub.cs.d group selected (pseudo article)
[... and so on for all groups...]
| Mar 31 16:55:40 wallace leafnode[13959]: <GROUP uk.rec.audio
| Mar 31 16:55:40 wallace leafnode[13959]: >211 151 124 274 uk.rec.audio group selected
| Mar 31 16:55:40 wallace leafnode[13959]: <NEWGROUPS 040331 152319
| Mar 31 16:55:40 wallace leafnode[13959]: 231 List of new newsgroups since 1080739399 follows
| Mar 31 16:55:52 wallace leafnode[13959]: <LIST NEWSGROUPS
| Mar 31 16:55:52 wallace leafnode[13959]: >215 Descriptions in form "group description".

Does this help you? If not, I can recompile tin of course and run it
in gdb.

Thanks,
Martin
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