>> Had the host segment been processed, by a current makenl, then DOWN   
   >> would have been converted to "Down" and the line a valid entry.   
      
   >> No, the line in question is not a valid entry, as the standards are   
   >> currently documented.   
      
   > isn't that an ugly oversight?? most *C's will simply alter the existing line   
   > and add or change the first field without editing the rest of the line...   
   > "Down" should be allowed with "-Unpublished-" as "Hold" and "Pvt" are...   
      
   >then there's the problem of coding to the specs when the program being coded i   
   >the one that sets the specs which are then documented by a completly different   
   >body that has nothing to do with the program... so i say that makenl-ng should   
   >not "code to the specs" in this particular case but it should allow "Down" wit   
   > "-Unpublished-" and let the specs catch up... that'll fix that...   
      
   > now, with all that said... i just tested using the following versions of   
   >makenl... the numbers in parenthesis are the actual file dates of the binary o   
   > the disk...   
      
   > MakeNL -- Version 2.51 -- Jun 14 1992 16:55:25 (28 Nov 1999 y2k patch)   
   > MakeNL -- Version 2.51 -- Jun 14 1992 16:55:25 (16 Jun 1992)   
   > MakeNL -- Version 2.50 -- Feb 11 1991 11:54:28 (12 Feb 1991)   
      
   >all of them *DO* allow "Down" with "-Unpublished-"... no bitchin', gripin', or   
   >complainin'... i manually checked the output file and they were all exactly th   
   > same... this indicates a problem with the current code that needs to be fixed   
   > so as to conform to the old version(s)... that takes case of one problem...   
      
   Seems that way to me, Mark.   
      
   > this also indicates that something is not right with the specs... at least in   
   > this particular case anyway... this needs to be brought up "over there" and   
   > fixed as well...   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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