Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!fortune!stein From: stein@fortune.UUCP (Mark Stein) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Odd posting -- line numbers Message-ID: <4314@fortune.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Sep-84 15:59:46 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.4314 Posted: Fri Sep 21 15:59:46 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 21:41:03 EDT References: <4717@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 23 > Here's a weird one; note the number of lines given in the "Lines:" field: > > > Relay-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA > > Path: brl-tgr!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!wunder ... > > Lines: 0 > > Nf-ID: #R:astrovax:-42300:wdl1:3000004:000:974 > > Nf-From: wdl1!wunder Sep 13 21:57:00 1984 > > > > My Suntour "Perfect" freewheel once came unscrewed, dropping all of its > > 1/8" bearings on the pavement. I bought some new ones, smeared ... > Any explanations for this one? The problem is a bug in the ZAPNOTES code in 2.10.2 inews.c which causes the linecount to be lost. When the article got to fortune, the notesfile information was moved to the header and the linecount got reset to zero. A fix for this problem is in <4241@fortune.UUCP> posted to net.news.b on September 14. Mark Stein Fortune Systems