Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!sundc!rlgvax!dennis From: dennis@rlgvax.UUCP (Dennis Bednar) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: 2.11 cancel msg does not update history file Message-ID: <301@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 27-Dec-86 18:55:15 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.301 Posted: Sat Dec 27 18:55:15 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Dec-86 21:36:37 EST Organization: Computer Consoles Inc, Reston VA Lines: 15 I have recently noticed that when a 'cancel' control message is received from the network, that 2.11 news removes the article in the /usr/spool/news directory, but it does *not* remove the entry from the /usr/lib/news/history, history.pag and history.dir files. Probably a bug. Too bad expire(8) doesn't have an option to remove a particular article based on the message-ID. -dennis -- -Dennis Bednar {decvax,ihnp4,harpo,allegra}!seismo!rlgvax!dennis UUCP