Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Development
Subject: Re: need help with testing possible bug in boardedit
From:    Xenos #1 @60
To:      Xenos #1 @60
Date:    Wed Jan 11, 2023 04:50

On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 05:38, Xenos wrote:

X>hi all,
X>
X>need to test if this is a bug.
X>
X>in boardedit, create a new sub. make it a networked sub that your BBS will
X>host. allow auto add/drop requests.
X>
X>then ask another sysop to request the sub from your board.
X>
X>if the sysop on the remote gets an sub req response error in email, let me
X>know.
X>
X>this is the possible bug. newly created network sub boards that are
X>auto-requestable won't work.
X>
X>why? the needed nSUB.net file in the network directory doesn't exist yet. th
X>fix is for the boardedit function for making the sub a networked sub should
X>touch/create an empty nSUB.net file for the subscribers list.
X>
X>thanks for any help.

i've confirmed this only on Linux systems. i need someone to test this on a
Win32 system.


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