Re: pre112 - Y2K-like wraparound bug when creating/reading spool
"John E. Davis" <[email protected]>
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Rudy Taraschi <[email protected]> wrote: > I've discovered a nasty little bug in pre112 when reading from a spool > created by slrnpull. This bug may have been here since Day 1. When > the article numbers get to INT_MAX (around 2.1 billion), they wrap, > and two things happen: Until this gets resolved, I beleive that it is a lien against the upcoming release. Please try the latest version in the repository, which adds support for 64 bit server numbers. If you compile a win32 version, you will probably need to define HAVE_LONG_LONG in src/slrnconf.h. Then if you run `slrn --version`, it should show something like: . . Using 64 bit integers for article numbers. . . Please let me know if this resolves your problem. Thanks, --John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08