Re: Re: 1.1.4: problems marking newsgroups for fetching

Jim Hague <[email protected]> Thu, 22 May 2003 10:05:03 +0100 (BST)
Newsgroups gmane.network.noffle.user
Organization The Bear Cave
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 13-May-2003 Andreas Happe wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Miernik wrote:
>> In article <[email protected]>, Jim Hague wrote:
>> 
>>> The idea of online mode was that while you were connected on dial-up you
>>> could
>>> browse through unscubscribed newsgroups to try them out. If you're just
>>> dropping into a newsgroup to see if it contains anything interesting, you
>>> don't
>> 
>> Well, that would be great, but for me it just does not work that way. 
>> When I enter a new newsgroup, in online mode, I just get a message 
>> that there are no messages in this newsgroup.
> 
> I've got the same problem (also using Debian (unstable)). I've verified
> it with slrn and pan, so I think it is a noffle - specific problem.

Yes, it is a Noffle problem. The code that handles entering a group in online
mode wasn't getting fired properly.

The fix is now in CVS. This - and the other fixes mentioned yesterday - I've
only given cursory testing. Please try them yourselves if you can.

-- 
Jim Hague - [email protected]          Never trust a computer you can't lift.


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