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echo: makenl_ng
to: ANDREW LEARY
from: KEES VAN EETEN
date: 2015-01-01 11:57:00
subject: Makenl and bad segments..

Hello Andrew!

31 Dec 14 20:21, you wrote to Janis Kracht:

 AL> Good.  I have not been able to reproduce the circumstances that led to the
 AL> corrupted segment file.  However, I am looking at the logic for handling
 AL> update files, to ensure that the segment in the master directory is not
 AL> overwritten until the update is validated as correct.

 Although I applaud that the update is validated, be aware that that
 requires that the update is generated by makenl. Some RC's collate their
 segement by other means and do not provide a valid CRC in the first line.

 On the other hand, it would force the nodelist administrators to subit a
 proper segement. There are tools, that can do a validation and deliver
 a proper file, quite irrespective of what is submitted.

Kees

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