[3130] in SIPB bug reports
rn exits when argument to 'g' has a space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mhpower@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Mon Aug 17 21:26:30 1992
From: mhpower@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 21:26:05 EDT
% rn
...
******** 60 unread articles in comp.unix.internals--read now? [ynq] gg comp.unix.wizards
Server response to GROUP g comp.unix.wizards:
501 Usage: GROUP newsgroup.
% rn
...
******** 60 unread articles in comp.unix.internals--read now? [ynq] g comp unix.wizards
Server response to GROUP comp unix.wizards:
501 Usage: GROUP newsgroup.
%
When the 'g' command is given, it appears that all the characters
between the 'g' and the next newline are treated as the group name,
which is passed to the NNTP server with little or no checking. If the
group name causes the NNTP server to return a 501 status code, rn
exits with status 1. I'd prefer that rn give the user an informative
message (e.g., "no such newsgroup") and continue running.
I've tried this on the rt and decmips so far, with the same behavior.
Matt
