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debian-devel@lists.debian.orgMike Coleman <coleman@chez-gnu.cstp.umkc.edu>

Subject: Bug#4181: Searching for wrong active file
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From: joey@wazergate.north.de (Martin Schulze)
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Package: nn
Version: 6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1-01

Debian's INN has its active file located in /var/lib/news/active.
The nn newsreader mentioned above unfortunately tries to read it 
from /usr/lib/news/active.

Here's an strace excerpt:

wazergate!joey:~> strace nn
[...]
uname({sys="Linux", node="wazergate", ...}) = 0
open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY)            = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=156, ...}) = 0
read(3, "127.0.0.1\tlocalhost\n192.109.22"..., 4096) = 156
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
brk(0x8049000)                          = 0x8049000
brk(0x804a000)                          = 0x804a000
brk(0x804d000)                          = 0x804d000
open("/usr/lib/news/active", O_RDONLY)  = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(4, 197), ...}) = 0
brk(0x804e000)                          = 0x804e000
ioctl(1, 0x5401, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
write(1, "could not fetch active file\n", 28could not fetch active file


Regards,

	Martin




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Package: nn
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Debian's INN has its active file located in /var/lib/news/active.
The nn newsreader mentioned above unfortunately tries to read it 
from /usr/lib/news/active.

Here's an strace excerpt:

wazergate!joey:~> strace nn
[...]
uname({sys="Linux", node="wazergate", ...}) = 0
open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY)            = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=156, ...}) = 0
read(3, "127.0.0.1\tlocalhost\n192.109.22"..., 4096) = 156
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
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brk(0x8049000)                          = 0x8049000
brk(0x804a000)                          = 0x804a000
brk(0x804d000)                          = 0x804d000
open("/usr/lib/news/active", O_RDONLY)  = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(4, 197), ...}) = 0
brk(0x804e000)                          = 0x804e000
ioctl(1, 0x5401, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
write(1, "could not fetch active file\n", 28could not fetch active file


Regards,

	Martin




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<code>Bug#4181</code>; Package <code>nn</code>.


debian-devel@lists.debian.orgMike Coleman <coleman@chez-gnu.cstp.umkc.edu>

Subject: Bug#4181: Searching for wrong active file)
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Luckily I can provide you with a patch:

diff -Nur orig/nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c
--- orig/nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c	Thu Nov 25 10:39:33 1993
+++ nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c	Sat Aug 17 00:46:41 1996
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@
     actfp = nntp_fopen_list("LIST");
   } else
 #endif
-    actfp = fopen(relative(news_lib_directory, "active"), "r");
+    actfp = fopen("/var/lib/news/active", "r");
 
   if (actfp == NULL) {
     nn_exitmsg(1, "could not fetch active file\n");

Regards,

	Joey



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Luckily I can provide you with a patch:

diff -Nur orig/nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c
--- orig/nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c	Thu Nov 25 10:39:33 1993
+++ nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c	Sat Aug 17 00:46:41 1996
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@
     actfp = nntp_fopen_list("LIST");
   } else
 #endif
-    actfp = fopen(relative(news_lib_directory, "active"), "r");
+    actfp = fopen("/var/lib/news/active", "r");
 
   if (actfp == NULL) {
     nn_exitmsg(1, "could not fetch active file\n");

Regards,

	Joey



<strong>Information forwarded</strong> to <code>debian-devel@lists.debian.org</code>:<br>
<code>Bug#4181</code>; Package <code>nn</code>.


debian-devel@lists.debian.org

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   Date: Sat, 17 Aug 96 00:35 MET DST
   From: joey@wazergate.north.de (Martin Schulze)

   Debian's INN has its active file located in /var/lib/news/active.
   The nn newsreader mentioned above unfortunately tries to read it 
   from /usr/lib/news/active.

Martin,

[Cool!  My first bug report!  :-]

When I compiled this version of nn, I was assuming that it would be used as an
NNTP-only newsreader, the assumption being that virtually everyone reads news
this way.

It looks like what you're doing here is trying to read news out of a local
spool area.  I suppose if this can be easily supported, it should be, but I'm
not at all sure it will work.  In particular, 'nn' would have to be able to
read NOV (overview) data out of this spool area, too.

Before I start digging further, do you know whether both news and the overview
data are available on your machine?

Thanks,
--Mike



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-t

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Subject: Re: Bug#4181: Searching for wrong active file

   Date: Sat, 17 Aug 96 00:35 MET DST
   From: joey@wazergate.north.de (Martin Schulze)

   Debian's INN has its active file located in /var/lib/news/active.
   The nn newsreader mentioned above unfortunately tries to read it 
   from /usr/lib/news/active.

Martin,

[Cool!  My first bug report!  :-]

When I compiled this version of nn, I was assuming that it would be used as an
NNTP-only newsreader, the assumption being that virtually everyone reads news
this way.

It looks like what you're doing here is trying to read news out of a local
spool area.  I suppose if this can be easily supported, it should be, but I'm
not at all sure it will work.  In particular, 'nn' would have to be able to
read NOV (overview) data out of this spool area, too.

Before I start digging further, do you know whether both news and the overview
data are available on your machine?

Thanks,
--Mike



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<code>Bug#4181</code>; Package <code>nn</code>.


Mike Coleman <coleman@chez-gnu.cstp.umkc.edu>

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<strong>Merged 4181 12980.</strong>
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merge 24235 7684
merge 5196 5815
merge 4181 12980
thanks

Sorry, I seem to be blind from time to time...

Regards,

	Joey

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