[leafnode-list] Re: reading another group

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Thu Nov 10 23:25:52 CET 2005


Roi <roi at roi.no-ip.org> writes:

> hey
>
> i have my config setted with groups pcre to read about 3 groups
> and really in Pan when i fetch all groups from local server I see those 
> 3 groups
> and they are getting updated every fetchnews run.
>
> Now i want to add another group , added it to the pcre line in the 
> config file
> and touched and empty file in /var/spool/news/interesting.groups/
> (owner setted to news (as the other files))

Why are you using only_groups_pcre to select individual groups?
The primary purpose of this option is to select hierarchies, say, rec.*
(you'd spell this as rec\..*)

> but fetchnews doesnt see it, groupinfo file still has no record for the 
> new group.

You need to run fetchnews with the -f option added after every change to
only_groups_pcre.

-- 
Matthias Andree



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