From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Subject: Re: Server resetting article number
Date: 21 Sep 1998 17:39:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <kig3e9lpj9o.fsf@jagor.srce.hr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Karl Kleinpaste's message of "21 Sep 1998 11:32:35 -0400"
Karl Kleinpaste <karl@jprc.com> writes:
> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> > Can Gnus really suck all that much, once the server decides to reset
> > the article numbers and begin from 1? This happens when the server
> > software is reinstalled, for instance.
>
> Not when it's re-installed sensibly, no. When server software is
> installed, or re-installed, you're supposed to give the new software
> an up-to-date active file. There's no excuse for letting article
> numbers on any given server host become reset.
Even if this is true, this happens in practice. It happened to Steve,
and now it happened to me. What am I supposed to do, other than cry
at the cruel world? I think Gnus should offer some protection in that
case other than silently bugging out and destroying data.
Like Steve, I know I'll ***NEVER*** use persistent articles again.
--
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
--------------------------------+--------------------------------
The Lord protects children and fools... But don't push it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-09-21 15:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-09-21 15:27 Hrvoje Niksic
1998-09-21 15:32 ` Karl Kleinpaste
1998-09-21 15:39 ` Hrvoje Niksic [this message]
1998-09-21 15:43 ` Karl Kleinpaste
1998-09-21 15:47 ` Hrvoje Niksic
1998-09-21 15:52 ` Karl Kleinpaste
1998-09-21 16:04 ` Hrvoje Niksic
1998-09-21 16:08 ` Karl Kleinpaste
1998-09-21 16:12 ` Hrvoje Niksic
1998-09-21 17:13 ` William M. Perry
1998-09-21 16:06 ` Istvan Marko
1998-09-21 21:45 ` François Pinard
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