From:	AITGW::"gih900%CRUSKIT.AARNET.EDU.AU@VM1.NoDak.EDU" "Geoff Huston" 28-NOV-1991 17:37:39.24
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Subj:	Re: $NEWS extract/dir error (Fwd)

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Date:         Thu, 28 Nov 1991 22:06:49 GMT
Reply-To: Geoff Huston <gih900%CRUSKIT.AARNET.EDU.AU@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
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From: Geoff Huston <gih900%CRUSKIT.AARNET.EDU.AU@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
Subject:      Re: $NEWS extract/dir error (Fwd)
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In article <9111281913.AA26617@jatz.aarnet.edu.au>, G.Huston@AARNET.EDU.AU (Geof
f Huston) writes:
|> > When I execute the following DCL command.
|> > Note: I have edited the DEBUG output to split the long lines (-'s)
|> >
|> > $ news/noscreen extract/dir=newsitems -
|> >         /newsgroups="comp.binaries.mac"/all cbm1.tmp
|>
|> and it crashes in newsextract.c:
|>
|> >         \loop_search_126\loop_search_127\%LINE 11098+60
|> >  11098:                      ga[og]->grp_ia[ga[og]->grp_count].itm_num);
|>
|>
|> this code is predicated by a conditional of the form:
|>   if (ga[og]->grp_count) ...
|>
|> BEFORE this line you need to add
|>
|>    if (!ga[og]->grp_ia]) map_items(og);
 
sigh
                         ^  delete the ']' character !
 
 
Geoff
