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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Steven Danz wrote: > Has there been any change to the Site Mgrs Guide describing > how the /p is to be used in the pqact.conf with 5.0.8? Or > does it even show up? > Steven, It's not in the site's managers guide, was an oversight. Here's an example, it's similar to /m flag. It's in the 5.0.8 release. # Colorado Zone Forecast DDPLUS ^.*/pZFPBOU PIPE -strip -close /usr/ucb/mail -s "Colorado Zone" zone Robb... > Robb Kambic wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Steven Danz wrote: > > > > > Glad to help. One thing I added was an error message that gets > > > logged so the admin. can at least see there is a pqact.conf > > > problem. > > > > > > Does this mean the 5.0.8 that I see on the ftp server isn't > > > the 'final' one yet? > > > > Steven, > > > > Noop, it started out as a Linux test release that wasn't announce but > > people installed it. The final release of 5.0.8 will be Fri. I wanted to > > test it first. > > > > Robb... > > > > > > > > -swd > > > > > > Robb Kambic wrote: > > > > > > > Steven, > > > > > > > > Thanks for the bug report and the fix. It works fine. palt just skips > > > > the > > > > incorrect \n request and continues processing the RE. The file name > > > > construction omits the incorrect \n also. This fix will be in the ldm > > > > 5.0.8 release. > > > > > > > > Robb... > > > > > > > > On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Unidata Support wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------- Forwarded Message > > > > > > > > > > >To: support-ldm <address@hidden> > > > > > >From: Steven Danz <address@hidden> > > > > > >Subject: Minor pqact problem in 5.0.8 > > > > > >Organization: . > > > > > >Keywords: 199906221828.MAA26656 > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > I've noticed that pqact in 5.0.8 is much less forgiving > > > > > of bad pqact.conf pattern/action statements than 5.0.6. > > > > > The situation I've run across is where the action requests > > > > > more fields from the pattern than were defined, for example: > > > > > WMO ^WS.... .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]) FILE foo/\1\2\3.out > > > > > > > > > > Around line 706 in palt.c, there is no bounds checking on > > > > > variable no to make sure it doesn't try to index into > > > > > pal->pmatchp past where there is valid data and when it does, > > > > > a core file appears shortly after. I'm guessing bounds checking > > > > > on the no variable would fix the problem, something like > > > > > } else if ( no <= pal->prog.re_nsub && pal->pmatchp[no].rm_so >= 0 > > > > > && pal->pmatchp[no].rm_eo > pal->pmatchp[no].rm_so) { > > > > > but I'm not sure what the right response is when the problem > > > > > shows up (silently ignore, or error message and return?). > > > > > I'm not sure why 5.0.6 doesn't have this problem (beyond the > > > > > obvious regsub replacement). > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > Steven Danz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > > > > > > > > > > > > =============================================================================== > > > > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > > > > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric > > > > Research > > > > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > > > =============================================================================== > > > > > > > =============================================================================== > > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric > > Research > > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > =============================================================================== > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================