Hi Gerard, just some words before I am away:
Am Fri, 4 Mar 2022 07:02:21 +0000 schrieb Gerard van Antwerpen <gera...@cuddon.co.nz>: > Hi Tom, > I tried to add the beru: to the start of the file, and it gets read > now (I also think it needs to be in the main contest directory, not > the one with the rules in it), however I am getting the following > error message: > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Welcome to tlf-1.4.0 by PA0R!! > ... > Reading contest rules file: rules/beru*** buffer overflow detected > ***: terminated Aborted > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ That is a bug we have to fix and it is thanks to the long line which TLF does not handle properly. > It is a long list of countries, but trimming it back doesn't help. > Putting a short country list in the rules file does get read, but > doesn't seem to affect scoring, all contacts are given 5 points (as I > set with CWPOINTS=5), and also points for my call area while I set > MY_COUNTRY_POINTS=0 > Please drop the CWPOINTS and SSBPOINTS setting and use COUNTRY_LIST_POINTS=5 instead. 73, de Tom DL1JBE > > No panic, as I'm not relying on it for scoring points, it'd be nice > to get it working though. Thanks, > Gerard, ZL2GVA > > > ________________________________ > From: Thomas Beierlein <t...@forth-ev.de> > Sent: Friday, March 4, 2022 10:14 AM > To: Gerard van Antwerpen <gera...@cuddon.co.nz> > Subject: Re: TLF logger, countrylist file format? > > Hi Gerard, > > I think there is one piece of information missing from the > documentation: > > You have to start the line of countries with the name of the actual > contest. That means if you have a line > > CONTEST=beru > > in your logcfg.dat than the countrylist line should read > > beru:<cty1>,<cty2>,..... > > You can put the line in a file and use > > COUNTRYLIST=<filename> > > or you can put the line directly into the COUNTRYLIST definition > > COUNTRYLIST=beru:...... > > If that does not help, please send us a copy of your logcfg.dat and > the countrylist file. > > 73, de Tom > > P.S. I will be away for some days starting on Saturday. So if above > suggestions do not work please contact the other OMs at TLFs > mailing list (tlf-devel@nongnu.org). They will be glad to give some > more advice. > > Am Thu, 3 Mar 2022 06:53:33 +0000 > schrieb Gerard van Antwerpen <gera...@cuddon.co.nz>: > > > Hi, > > I haven't used TLF for logging, but trying it out to see if I could > > use if for the upcomming BERU contest. There is a long list of > > eligible country prefixes that are valid for getting points. It > > doesn't fit in the config file, so I tried to make a separate > > countrylist file. (called berucountries no extension). I used the > > list, all on one line, comma separated, starting with colon (and > > also tried without this). However the program doesn't seem to read > > the list and allocates points to any call I enter. Then I tried the > > pre-fixes each on their own line in the file, same result. > > > > I have got USE_COUNTRYLIST_ONLY SET, and also > > COUNTRYLIST=berucounties > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > Appreciate your help. > > Thanks, > > Gerard ZL2GVA > > Gerard van Antwerpen, Blenheim, NZ > > > > -- > "Do what is needful!" > Ursula LeGuin: Earthsea > -- > -- "Do what is needful!" Ursula LeGuin: Earthsea --
