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From: kre@munnari.oz (Robert Elz)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: 2.11 cancel msg does not update history file
Message-ID: <1389@munnari.oz>
Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 09:17:26 EST
Article-I.D.: munnari.1389
Posted: Thu Jan  8 09:17:26 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 9-Jan-87 22:46:36 EST
References: <301@rlgvax.UUCP> <322f30f0.982f@apollo.uucp> <308@rlgvax.UUCP> <226@uniq.UUCP>
Organization: Comp Sci, Melbourne Uni, Australia
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In article <226@uniq.UUCP>, rjnoe@uniq.UUCP (Roger J. Noe) writes:
> But then expire will take care of the line when it runs later, since it will
> not be able to open the file to see if there's an Expires: field or anything
> else for that matter.

It would, or could, but expire no longer opens every news article,
the history file contains info in it as to whether there is an
Expires line or not, if there's not, then there's no need to open
the article, so expire will never realise that the article has been
cancelled, so won't alter the history file.

When it really comes time for the original article to expire, then
expire will see that it was cancelled some time earlier.

Please forget this issue, there's no bug, it all works.

kre