Subj : oxp: nodediff fails :(
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Feb 09 2020 11:08:00

Hello Martin!

** 09.02.20 - 08:36, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> ;A FidoNet Nodelist for Friday, February 7, 2020 -- Day number 038 :
 AA>> 00105 ;A The FidoNet DAILYLST, a listing of the systems within FidoNet.
 AA>> ;A
 AA>> ;A  This is the DAILYLST produced at 2:2/0

 AA>> Is the latter compatible with the diff process?

 MF>I'm not sure about that because I've never used the daily nodelist but why
 MF>would anyone want to use diffs on a daily nodelist?

It would be silly to have a diff for a nodelist that is produced daily.  
But that is a different topic.  ;)

I was asking if the next scheduled weekly diff could be used on the  
current .038 full nodelist that Tommi's system offers (which happens to be  
a daily version).

Apparently there are TWO versions of .038 to be had - "the" weekly, or a  
daily.  But a freq for "NODELIST" produces a daily version.

Anyway, I think I answered my own question based on the analysis of the  
first line in each version of the nodelist.  I replaced Tommi's .038 with  
the one from Ambrosia.  It should be smooth operations this coming friday.


 MF>If the nodelist you're trying to update is the z1 version, z1 version
 MF>diffs must be used. If the nodelist you're trying to update is the z2
 MF>version, z2 version diffs must be used.

I don't think THAT is stated so clearly anywhere in fidonet land as you  
have just done!  Thank you.

The nodelist masters should cut'n'paste THAT at the very top of those  
files!  ..or it should be part of the ftsc family of docs, somewhere -  
because I could not find this subtlety meantioned anywhere obvious.


  ../|ug

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