Subj : oxp locks up, again
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Fri Feb 07 2020 13:05:00

Hello August!

* 01.02.20 at 18:22, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 ml>>>> instead of faffing about with nodediffs, can you simply
 ml>>>> replace the nodelist with a daily nodelist and the tool will
 ml>>>> automatically see the nodelist is different and recompile its
 ml>>>> indexes?

 AA>>> Hi marc,

 AA>>> I would guess that oxp doesn't know how to handle diffs if more
 AA>>> than one arrived at a time.

 MF>> Guessed wrong buddy

 MF>> OpenXP can apply as many contiguous diffs as you like, so long
 MF>> as there aren't any missing in the sequence.

 AA> But then why did you tell marc that oxp couldn't handle daily diffs in
 AA> this message:

 AA> 	Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 09:52:00 +0000
 AA> 	X-JAM-MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet e0ca7838

I didn't actually say that.

Marc was suggesting the use of daily *nodelists*, which OpenXP can't  
handle *automatically*. It can, however, handle them if the user is  
prepared to install each one every day which, of course, would be a  
real PITA.

Regards,
Martin

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