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|    August Abolins to Martin Foster    |
|    oxp: nodelist situation?    |
|    05 Apr 20 11:18:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e321c759       PID: OpenXP/5.0.43 (Win32)       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: -0400       Hello Martin!              ** 05.04.20 - 14:12, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:               MF>Further to my two previous ramblings, I don't get the error message        MF>that you're getting but I do get the lockup after a poll. Actually,        MF>it's the dreaded endless loop rather than a lockup but I digress.              Yes.. I noticed that the DEBUGLOG.TXT file just kept getting larger and        and larger.                      MF>I'm hoping I've fixed this with a bit of a workaround .....               MF>Even though FSXNet don't distribute diffs, I've added some "dummy"        MF>data in the "Update file" and "Update archive" fields: FSXNET_D.###        MF>and FSXNET_D.Z## respectively and this appears to have fixed it.              I figured that out on my own with .087 last week. I'm running it like        this right now, and it works:              ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿       ³ Z2PNT.### 094 Z2PNT_D.### Z2PNT_D.Z## Diff FD Pointlist ³       ³ NODELIST.### 094 NODEDIFF.### NODEDIFF.Z## Diff Nodelist ³       ³ FSXNET.### 094 FSXNET.### FSXNET.Z## Diff Nodelist ³       ³ ³       ³ ³       ³ ³       ³ ³       ³ ÚÄ Configure Node/Pointlist ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³       ³ ³ ³ ³       ³ ³ List name FSXNET.### Number 094 ³ ³       ³ ³ ³ ³       ³ ³ Format of list Nodelist ³ ³       ³ ³ Zone/Address 21 ³ ³       ³ ³ ³ ³       ³ ³ Update file FSXNET.### ³ ³       ³ ³ Update archive FSXNET.Z## ³ ³       ³ ³ ³ ³       ³ ³ Process by ³ ³       ³ ³ ³ ³       ³ ³ [x] Use internal nodelist processor ³ ³       ³ ³ [ ] Delete update after processing ³ ³       ³ ³ ³ ³       ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [F2] ÄÙ ³                     The previous week's .087 was set up the same way. It ran fine. But the        error message that I posted here started as soon as I had a FSXNET.Z94 in        the /FILE directory after a file-request. :(                      MF>To test my workaround, I posted a test shot in FIDOTEST and there was        MF>no lockup after the poll. Let's hope it doesn't lockup after this        MF>poll.              Yes.. it's running fine poll after poll with the workaround.              Meanwhile, I renamed the workaround fields to this:              ³ FSXNET.### 094 FSXDIFF.### FSXDIFF.Z## Diff Nodelist ³                     The problem/lockup seems to start as soon as it sees another FSXNET.Z** in        the /FILES dir.                             ../|ug              -+- OpenXP 5.0.43        + Origin: /|ug's Point, Ont. CANADA (2:221/1.58)              --- OpenXP 5.0.43        * Origin: ------------------------------------------------- (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 154/10 203/0 221/1 6 360 226/30 227/114 229/101       SEEN-BY: 229/426 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100       SEEN-BY: 292/854 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/81 120 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 221/1 280/464 229/426           |
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