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To: John Beukema <john@packfish.gateway.net.hk>
cc: Martin Jangowski <bsd@birdland.rhein-neckar.de>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: INN 1.5.1 - symlink problems 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:25:37 +0800."
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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 12:42:02 -0400
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John Beukema wrote in message ID
<Pine.BSI.3.91.970422101957.3766A-100000@packfish.gateway.net.hk>:
> This can be caused by a corrupted history file.  Use the utilities to 
> check the integrity of the files and repair or restore.  Make history 
> does not necessarily fix everything.  By the way make sure you stop 
> innd before running makehistory -- it can cause the corruption. It is not a 
> fault of INNd. 

A `ctlinnd renumber' (which should be part of news.daily) may help too.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
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