.newsrc file fixer

[Dik T. Winter]

In article <2672 at taux01.UUCP> amos at taux01.UUCP (Amos Shapir) writes:
 > In article <8437 at boring.cwi.nl> dik at cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes:
 > >	cp .newsrc .newsrc.old
 > >	sed -e '/!/d' .newsrc.old >.newsrc
 > 
 > The point of keeping unsubscribed groups in .newsrc is that whenever a
 > new group is created, rn will ask you if you want to add it.  It
 > probably checks if there are any groups in the active file that are not
 > in .newsrc.  Since it cannot tell which of these is the new one, it will
 > ask about each and every one!  That means hundreds of questions, and you
 > cannot go on reading news before answering all of them.

But I checked.  Rn will only check for new groups if the active file is changed.
Next in the file addng.c we find the following comment:
					/* if not in .newsrc and younger */
					/* than the last time we checked */
					/* then remember said newsgroup */
So... (This is patchlevel 40.)
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