Bug#4181: Searching for wrong active file)

[Martin Schulze]

Luckily I can provide you with a patch:

diff -Nur orig/nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c
--- orig/nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c     Thu Nov 25 10:39:33 1993
+++ nn-6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1/db.c  Sat Aug 17 00:46:41 1996
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@
     actfp = nntp_fopen_list("LIST");
   } else
 #endif
-    actfp = fopen(relative(news_lib_directory, "active"), "r");
+    actfp = fopen("/var/lib/news/active", "r");
 
   if (actfp == NULL) {
     nn_exitmsg(1, "could not fetch active file\n");

Regards,

        Joey