[leafnode-list] 423 Bad article number, was Re: leafnode-2.0.0.alpha20061010a snapshot available

clemens fischer ino-news at spotteswoode.dnsalias.org
Fri Dec 1 21:16:19 CET 2006


(sorry for late reply)

'leafnode-version'
version: leafnode-2.0.0.alpha20061010a
current machine: FreeBSD spotteswoode.dnsalias.org 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #13: Thu Nov  9 16:38:46 CET 2006     root at spotteswoode.dnsalias.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/spott  i386
bindir: /usr/local/bin
sysconfdir: /etc/leafnode
default spooldir: /var/spool/news
IPv6: yes
default MTA: /usr/sbin/sendmail
pcre version: 6.7 04-Jul-2006

my problem relates to log messages

  Wrong reply to ARTICLE command: "423 Bad article number",

which happen at _every fetchnews_ for the past week or so.

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:08:42 +0200 Martin wrote:

> |sent ARTICLE 1692 command, in pipe: 1
> |Wrong reply to ARTICLE command: "423 No such article number in this group"

i'm getting lots of these lately, most of them related to gmane.org.
the situation on the wire is weird, as the server seems to offer
overview data but won't hand out the articles:

2006-12-01_16:35:32.97276 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:32.97972 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown) -> 80.91.229.5:119(nntp)
2006-12-01_16:35:32.98074 TTL: 64       Window: 33304   Version: 4      Lenght: 99
2006-12-01_16:35:32.98110 FLAGS: ---PA--        SEQ: 846123711 - ACK: 627409994
2006-12-01_16:35:32.98183 Packet Number: 32966
2006-12-01_16:35:32.98195
2006-12-01_16:35:32.98199 ---[ TCP Data ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:32.98211
2006-12-01_16:35:32.98216 GROUP gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general
2006-12-01_16:35:33.01234
2006-12-01_16:35:33.01239 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.01330 80.91.229.5:119(nntp) -> 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown)
2006-12-01_16:35:33.01911 TTL: 50       Window: 5792    Version: 4      Lenght: 110
2006-12-01_16:35:33.01947 FLAGS: ---PA--        SEQ: 627409994 - ACK: 846123758
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02019 Packet Number: 32967
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02033
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02037 ---[ TCP Data ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02049
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02053 211 1304 46 1349 gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02066
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02071 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02628 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown) -> 80.91.229.5:119(nntp)
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02730 TTL: 64       Window: 33304   Version: 4      Lenght: 69
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02766 FLAGS: ---PA--        SEQ: 846123758 - ACK: 627410052
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02838 Packet Number: 32968
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02851
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02855 ---[ TCP Data ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02866
2006-12-01_16:35:33.02871 XOVER 1349-1349
2006-12-01_16:35:33.05832
2006-12-01_16:35:33.05837 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.05923 80.91.229.5:119(nntp) -> 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown)
2006-12-01_16:35:33.06496 TTL: 50       Window: 5792    Version: 4      Lenght: 81
2006-12-01_16:35:33.06544 FLAGS: ---PA--        SEQ: 627410052 - ACK: 846123775
2006-12-01_16:35:33.06549 Packet Number: 32969
2006-12-01_16:35:33.06553
2006-12-01_16:35:33.06556 ---[ TCP Data ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.06561
2006-12-01_16:35:33.06564 224 1349-1349 fields follow
2006-12-01_16:35:33.16532
2006-12-01_16:35:33.16537 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.17095 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown) -> 80.91.229.5:119(nntp)
2006-12-01_16:35:33.17207 TTL: 64       Window: 33304   Version: 4      Lenght: 52
2006-12-01_16:35:33.17245 FLAGS: ----A--        SEQ: 846123775 - ACK: 627410081
2006-12-01_16:35:33.17317 Packet Number: 32970
2006-12-01_16:35:33.21333
2006-12-01_16:35:33.21339 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.21428 80.91.229.5:119(nntp) -> 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown)
2006-12-01_16:35:33.22068 TTL: 50       Window: 5792    Version: 4      Lenght: 289
2006-12-01_16:35:33.22104 FLAGS: ---PA--        SEQ: 627410081 - ACK: 846123775
2006-12-01_16:35:33.22177 Packet Number: 32971
2006-12-01_16:35:33.22190
2006-12-01_16:35:33.22194 ---[ TCP Data ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.22208
2006-12-01_16:35:33.22213 1349  Fw: Something to get your lady  "Sterling Kraft" <SterlingKraftHP at bek.com>      S
un, 26 Nov 2006 16:04:45 -0500 <000926c1117a$eeee5eb0$7575a8c0 at ACERLAPTOP>             21826   280     Xref: news
.gmane.org gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general:1349
2006-12-01_16:35:33.22218 .
2006-12-01_16:35:33.23232
2006-12-01_16:35:33.23238 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.23804 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown) -> 80.91.229.5:119(nntp)
2006-12-01_16:35:33.23906 TTL: 64       Window: 33304   Version: 4      Lenght: 66
2006-12-01_16:35:33.23943 FLAGS: ---PA--        SEQ: 846123775 - ACK: 627410318
2006-12-01_16:35:33.24014 Packet Number: 32972
2006-12-01_16:35:33.24028
2006-12-01_16:35:33.24032 ---[ TCP Data ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.24043
2006-12-01_16:35:33.24048 ARTICLE 1349
2006-12-01_16:35:33.31031
2006-12-01_16:35:33.31037 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.31124 80.91.229.5:119(nntp) -> 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown)
2006-12-01_16:35:33.31703 TTL: 50       Window: 5792    Version: 4      Lenght: 52
2006-12-01_16:35:33.31739 FLAGS: ----A--        SEQ: 627410318 - ACK: 846123789
2006-12-01_16:35:33.31811 Packet Number: 32973
2006-12-01_16:35:33.32838
2006-12-01_16:35:33.32844 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.32931 80.91.229.5:119(nntp) -> 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown)
2006-12-01_16:35:33.33510 TTL: 50       Window: 5792    Version: 4      Lenght: 76
2006-12-01_16:35:33.33549 FLAGS: ---PA--        SEQ: 627410318 - ACK: 846123789
2006-12-01_16:35:33.33621 Packet Number: 32974
2006-12-01_16:35:33.33637
2006-12-01_16:35:33.33641 ---[ TCP Data ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.33652
2006-12-01_16:35:33.33657 423 Bad article number
2006-12-01_16:35:33.33670
2006-12-01_16:35:33.33674 ---[ TCP ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.34226 192.168.1.16:53749(unknown) -> 80.91.229.5:119(nntp)
2006-12-01_16:35:33.34528 TTL: 64       Window: 33304   Version: 4      Lenght: 58
2006-12-01_16:35:33.34533 FLAGS: ---PA--        SEQ: 846123789 - ACK: 627410342
2006-12-01_16:35:33.34537 Packet Number: 32975
2006-12-01_16:35:33.34541
2006-12-01_16:35:33.34545 ---[ TCP Data ]---
2006-12-01_16:35:33.34549
2006-12-01_16:35:33.34552 QUIT
2006-12-01_16:35:33.34556

somewhere at this point, i get the following log entries:

Nov 30 19:35:22 <news.notice> spotteswoode fetchnews[2861]:
  gmane.comp.lang.smalltalk.squeak.beginners: 2 articles fetched (to 1502), 0 killed
Nov 30 19:35:23 <news.notice> spotteswoode fetchnews[2861]:
  Wrong reply to ARTICLE command: "423 Bad article number"
...
Nov 30 20:02:21 <news.notice> spotteswoode fetchnews[3107]:
  news.gmane.org: found 0 new newsgroups
Nov 30 20:02:23 <news.notice> spotteswoode fetchnews[3107]:
  Wrong reply to ARTICLE command: "423 Bad article number"
Nov 30 20:02:23 <news.err> spotteswoode fetchnews[3107]:
  gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general: error fetching, proceeding to next server
...
Nov 30 20:56:19 <news.notice> spotteswoode fetchnews[67835]:
  news.gmane.org: found 0 new newsgroups
Nov 30 20:56:21 <news.notice> spotteswoode fetchnews[67835]:
  Wrong reply to ARTICLE command: "423 Bad article number"
Nov 30 20:56:21 <news.err> spotteswoode fetchnews[67835]:
  gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general: error fetching, proceeding to next server
...
Dec  1 20:50:51 <news.notice> spotteswoode fetchnews[95630]:
  news.gmane.org: found 0 new newsgroups
Dec  1 20:50:53 <news.notice> spotteswoode fetchnews[95630]:
  gmane.comp.gcc.help: 1 articles fetched (to 960), 0 killed
Dec  1 20:50:54 <news.notice> spotteswoode fetchnews[95630]:
  Wrong reply to ARTICLE command: "423 Bad article number"
Dec  1 20:50:54 <news.err> spotteswoode fetchnews[95630]:
  gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general: error fetching, proceeding to next server

> The patch follows:
> 
> diff -rN -u leafnode-2.0.0.alpha20061010a/fetchnews.c leafnode-2.0.0.alpha20061011/fetchnews.c
> --- leafnode-2.0.0.alpha20061010a/fetchnews.c   2006-08-15 13:31:26.000000000 +0200
> +++ leafnode-2.0.0.alpha20061011/fetchnews.c    2006-10-13 20:48:21.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1122,6 +1122,7 @@
>            }
>        }
>     }
> +if (artno_server == 0) artno_server = -1;
>     return artno_server;
> }

should i try this patch or what else?


regards, clemens




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