System: rn version 4.3
Patch #: 19
Priority: LOW
Subject: on some systems rn can miss new newsgroups
>From: stephen@dcl-cs.UUCP (Stephen J. Muir)

Description:
	Some versions of inews don't create the spool directory immediately
	for newly created newsgroups.  The routine in rn that determines the
	age of a newsgroup incorrectly assumes that a spool directory will
	be there before the first article arrives.  This can cause newly
	created newsgroups to be skipped over in the scan for new newsgroups.

Fix:	From rn, say "| patch -d DIR", where DIR is your rn source
directory.
	Outside of rn, say "cd DIR; patch <thisarticle".  If you don't have
	the patch program, apply the following by hand, or get patch.

	If patch indicates that patchlevel is the wrong version, you may need
	to apply one or more previous patches, or the patch may already
	have been applied.  See the patchlevel file to find out what has or
	has not been applied.  In any event, don't continue with the patch.

Index: patchlevel
Prereq: 18
1c1
< Patch #: 18
---
> Patch #: 19

Index: addng.c
Prereq: 4.3
*** addng.c.old	Wed May 29 09:09:52 1985
--- addng.c	Wed May 29 09:09:55 1985
***************
*** 1,4
! /* $Header: addng.c,v 4.3 85/05/01 11:34:41 lwall Exp $
   *
   * $Log:	addng.c,v $
   * Revision 4.3  85/05/01  11:34:41  lwall

--- 1,4 -----
! /* $Header: addng.c,v 4.3.1.2 85/05/29 09:06:24 lwall Exp $
   *
   * $Log:	addng.c,v $
   * Revision 4.3.1.2  85/05/29  09:06:24  lwall
***************
*** 1,6
  /* $Header: addng.c,v 4.3 85/05/01 11:34:41 lwall Exp $
   *
   * $Log:	addng.c,v $
   * Revision 4.3  85/05/01  11:34:41  lwall
   * Baseline for release with 4.3bsd.
   * 

--- 1,12 -----
  /* $Header: addng.c,v 4.3.1.2 85/05/29 09:06:24 lwall Exp $
   *
   * $Log:	addng.c,v $
+  * Revision 4.3.1.2  85/05/29  09:06:24  lwall
+  * New newsgroups without spool directories incorrectly classified as "ancient".
+  * 
+  * Revision 4.3.1.1  85/05/10  11:30:50  lwall
+  * Branch for patches.
+  * 
   * Revision 4.3  85/05/01  11:34:41  lwall
   * Baseline for release with 4.3bsd.
   * 
***************
*** 101,106
  ART_NUM ngsize;
  {
      char tst[128];
   
      sprintf(tst, ngsize ? "%s/%s/1" : "%s/%s" ,spool,getngdir(ngnam));
      if (stat(tst,&filestat) < 0)

--- 107,113 -----
  ART_NUM ngsize;
  {
      char tst[128];
+     long time();
   
      sprintf(tst, ngsize ? "%s/%s/1" : "%s/%s" ,spool,getngdir(ngnam));
      if (stat(tst,&filestat) < 0)
***************
*** 104,110
   
      sprintf(tst, ngsize ? "%s/%s/1" : "%s/%s" ,spool,getngdir(ngnam));
      if (stat(tst,&filestat) < 0)
! 	return 0L;			/* not there, assume ancient */
      else
  	return filestat.st_mtime;
  }

--- 111,117 -----
   
      sprintf(tst, ngsize ? "%s/%s/1" : "%s/%s" ,spool,getngdir(ngnam));
      if (stat(tst,&filestat) < 0)
! 	return (ngsize ? 0L : time(0));	/* not there, assume something good */
      else
  	return filestat.st_mtime;
  }