[leafnode-list] inaccurate response to GROUP command

[Brian Sammon]

I'm running leafnode 1.10.1 on Debian Sarge on PowerPC.
touch_newsgroups is bailing out because on one of the newsgroups, it can't get 
the article that it thinks is the last message in the group.

I've explored this by telnetting to my NNTP port and here's what I see:
  group comp.emulators.freemware
  211 4 3 6 comp.emulators.freemware group selected

However, judging from /var/spool/news/comp/emulators/misc/ there is only one 
message in the group, message #3
/var/spool/news/comp/emulators/misc/.overview only contains info on this one 
message.
On the other hand, /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo contains:
  comp.emulators.freemware 6 3 1084501180 Open source PC Virtualisation softwar

Is that the source of my problem?
Am I correct to expect an accurate response to the GROUP command?