In version 1.0.7.21 of mbsebbs the display of the daily file (dd-mm) still works. This is no longer possible in the new version 1.0.8. Why?

Greetings Harold

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Hello Harald!

Sunday April 17 2022 11:22, you wrote to me:

In version 1.0.7.21 of mbsebbs the display of the daily file (dd-mm)
still works. This is no longer possible in the new version 1.0.8.
Why?

Questions for you:

1. I have no knowledge of this file, what is the full file name and where is the information such as in the manual / html docs where it is
detailed or specified.

2. Is it listed in site.doc when you create it via menu 0.22 ?

3. Did it work in v1.0.7.22 or .24 ?



Vincent

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Harald Grosch wrote to Vincent Coen <=-

In version 1.0.7.21 of mbsebbs the display of the daily file (dd-mm)
still works. This is no longer possible in the new version 1.0.8. Why?

I just reproduced this issue on my MBSE system.

Please go to the MBSE website and file a ticket to get this looked at: https://sourceforge.net/p/mbsebbs/tickets/

I'll notify the rest of the team about this.

Thanks,
Sean





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Hello Sean!

Sunday April 17 2022 15:43, you wrote to Harald Grosch:

Harald Grosch wrote to Vincent Coen <=-

In version 1.0.7.21 of mbsebbs the display of the daily file
(dd-mm) still works. This is no longer possible in the new
version 1.0.8. Why?

I just reproduced this issue on my MBSE system.

Please go to the MBSE website and file a ticket to get this looked at: https://sourceforge.net/p/mbsebbs/tickets/

I'll notify the rest of the team about this.

Kindly explain this one - can't find it in the manual.

On another point I have Janis sending in File Requests via a fiel name ending .req

My system is not acting on it and no as far as my settings go all instances of the No Req are all set to the default of No and always have been.


Any idea what to look for ?


I did a few weeks/month back report a bug regarding creating a file area and a result when saving it, it then takes on the name of an existing file area.

It is a pain has I have to remove ALL connected nodes from both - delete both then recreate it followed may be by the new file area that caused the issue.


It would really help if File group and file area creation the system checks if the name is a duplicate and not blindly saves it.

Last few updates getting some very strange behaviour.

and the only error during compiling it is :

xmsend.c: In function 'xm_send'
xmsend.c:209:2: warning: 'memcpy' forming offset [6, 7] is out of the bounds [0, 6] [-Warray-bounds]
209 | memcpy(xmblk.data+32, VERSION, 8);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Note when I build any thing I run make > build.log 2>build.err

Then check build.err and if needed tail build.log


Vincent

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Hello Vincent,

17 Apr 22 22:33, you wrote to me:

Kindly explain this one - can't find it in the manual.

It's in there somewhere, buried in the wrong place.

You can create an .ANS file with the filename of DD-MM and that will be shown on that day. Something like 25-12.ANS will show every December 25th. It was working before but it's evidently broken now.

Any idea what to look for ?

I am not sure to be honest; no one's tried that feature here but MBSE should automatically handle it.

I did a few weeks/month back report a bug regarding creating a file
area and a result when saving it, it then takes on the name of an existing file area.

I see it on the ticket system. I'm not sure why that's happened to you; I've not had the same problem here but I'm not the best one to debug that. Andrew is probably the one you want to talk to.

It is a pain has I have to remove ALL connected nodes from both -
delete both then recreate it followed may be by the new file area that caused the issue.

It is a pain. We're trying to figure out a way to do things to where's easier to manipulate file areas by implementing file groups.

It would really help if File group and file area creation the system checks if the name is a duplicate and not blindly saves it.

I agree.

xmsend.c: In function 'xm_send'
xmsend.c:209:2: warning: 'memcpy' forming offset [6, 7] is out of the bounds [0, 6] [-Warray-bounds] 209 | memcpy(xmblk.data+32, VERSION,
8);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's because many, many bad shortcuts were made in the original code and we're trying to fix all of that and make it more modern but it is looking like we're going to have to rip out rather expansive sections of the code and rewrite it completely.

-- Sean

... Needs are a function of what other people have.
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Harald Grosch wrote to Vincent Coen <=-

In version 1.0.7.21 of mbsebbs the display of the daily file (dd-mm)
still works. This is no longer possible in the new version 1.0.8. Why?

I just reproduced this issue on my MBSE system.

Please go to the MBSE website and file a ticket to get this looked at: https://sourceforge.net/p/mbsebbs/tickets/

I'll notify the rest of the team about this.

Hello Dennis,
I posted the ticket.
greeting
Harold



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Hello Harald,

18 Apr 22 17:13, you wrote to me:

I posted the ticket.

The issue has now been fixed. Thank you for bringing this to my attention!

-- Sean

... "Experience is a good school. But the fees are high." - Heinrich Heine
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