Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!lwall From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs Subject: rn bug #28 Message-ID: <1518@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 20:43:36 EST Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1518 Posted: Fri Nov 30 20:43:36 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 06:03:32 EST Reply-To: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 74 System: rn version 4.1 Bug #: 28 Priority: LOW Subject: rn doesn't find new articles as quickly as it should on 4.2 Description: Rn tries to discard the current buffer from the active file whenever it wants to find the size of a newsgroup, but the discard isn't successful most of the time on 4.2 because stdio buffers grew, and fseeking forward 1024 bytes doesn't usually get out of the current buffer. Repeat-By: If you find that you have to exit a newsgroup and re-enter to get rn to see a new article, you have the problem. In particular, you ought to be seeing your own followups without having to exit the newsgroup. Fix: From rn, say "| patch -d DIR", where DIR is your rn source directory. Outside of rn, say "cd DIR; patch