Package: slrn
Version: 0.9.8.1pl1-5
Severity: important
Hello.
The following problem has arisen since the upgrade to slrn
0.9.8.1pl1-5 in Etch. Sometimes, on leaving a subscribed group in
which all articles are marked read (manually or with catchup), a very
large number of unread articles appear in the groups overview list. On
entering the group again, all articles are marked read, but then new
articles in the group subsequently received are also marked read.
Moreover, manually marking articles in the group unread has no effect
after leaving the group - they're still marked read. Closing and
opening slrn has no effect: only logging out and in resolves the
problem, and only temporarily.
I'm unable to determine exactly what triggers this effect, and can't
give details of how to reproduce it. It seems to happen quasi-randomly
to any group that has no unread articles on pressing "q". --debug
shows nothing unusual.
On compiling vanilla source, the problem is solved, so I'm guessing
that there may be a problem in the Debian package being compiled
against libslang2 2.0.3 instead of Etch's current 2.0.4.
I've tagged this as "important" because the functionality of slrn is
significantly impaired.
Output of slrn --version for Debian package:
[~]$ /usr/bin/slrn --version
Slrn 0.9.8.1pl1 [2005-02-17]
* Note: This version is a developer preview.
S-Lang Library Version: 2.0.4
* Note: This program was compiled against version 2.0.3.
Compiled at: Jun 24 2005 10:45:21
Operating System: Debian
COMPILE TIME OPTIONS:
Backends: +nntp +slrnpull +spool
External programs / libs: +canlock +inews +ssl +uudeview
Features: +charset_mapping +decoding +emphasized_text +end_of_thread
+fake_refs +gen_msgid -grouplens +mime -msgid_cache +piping +rnlock
+slang +spoilers -strict_from
DEFAULTS:
Default server object: nntp
Default posting mechanism: nntp
Default character set: isolatin
SUPPORTED CHARACTER SETS:
isolatin ibm850 ibm852 ibm857 ibm737 NeXT koi8
Output of slrn --version for self-compiled version:
[~]$ /usr/local/bin/slrn --version
Slrn 0.9.8.1pl1 [2005-02-17]
* Note: This version is a developer preview.
S-Lang Library Version: 2.0.4
Compiled at: Aug 7 2005 11:14:22
Operating System: Linux
COMPILE TIME OPTIONS:
Backends: +nntp -slrnpull -spool
External programs / libs: -canlock -inews -ssl -uudeview
Features: +charset_mapping +decoding +emphasized_text +end_of_thread
+fake_refs +gen_msgid -grouplens +mime -msgid_cache +piping +rnlock
+slang +spoilers -strict_from
DEFAULTS:
Default server object: nntp
Default posting mechanism: nntp
Default character set: isolatin
SUPPORTED CHARACTER SETS:
isolatin ibm850 ibm852 ibm857 ibm737 NeXT koi8
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages slrn depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.52 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.14.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcanlock2 2b-3 library for creating and verifying
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.0-11.1 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-13.1 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libslang2 2.0.4-2 The S-Lang programming library - r
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.13-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
slrn recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
* slrn/getdescs_now: true
* shared/mailname: pjr-online.fsnet.co.uk
slrn/manual_getdescs:
* shared/news/server: localhost
* slrn/getdescs: cron job
slrn/lost_slrnpull:
--
PJR :-)
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