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  • Major issue in message base editor

    From stackfault@21:1/101 to g00r00 on Fri Dec 14 10:25:02 2018
    Hi g00r00,

    Just found a significant issue in the A39 message base editor.
    When selecting all message bases using TAB and sorting them using /S, if you hit ESC to quit instead or using A to abort, it clears the mbases.dat file
    back to zero.

    I am posting this from Agency since my BBS is now restoring from backup at
    the moment.

    Please don't do this at home!

    Cheers!

    StackFault

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A40 2018/12/11 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to stackfault on Fri Dec 14 09:41:00 2018
    On 12-14-18 10:25, stackfault wrote to g00r00 <=-

    Hi g00r00,

    Just found a significant issue in the A39 message base editor.
    When selecting all message bases using TAB and sorting them using /S,
    if you hit ESC to quit instead or using A to abort, it clears the mbases.dat file back to zero.

    Ouch!!! :(

    I am posting this from Agency since my BBS is now restoring from backup
    at the moment.

    Please don't do this at home!

    Oops, yeah I'll keep that in mind. :)


    ... "He who laughs last, thinks slowest."
    === MultiMail/Win v0.51
    --- SBBSecho 3.03-Linux
    * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (21:1/109)
  • From Satchmo@21:4/144 to stackfault on Thu Dec 13 23:01:38 2018
    On 12/14/18, stackfault said the following...

    Just found a significant issue in the A39 message base editor.
    When selecting all message bases using TAB and sorting them using /S, if you hit ESC to quit instead or using A to abort, it clears the
    mbases.dat file back to zero.

    I am posting this from Agency since my BBS is now restoring from backup
    at the moment.

    That reminds me. Time to write the backup routines! ;)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Sonic BBS | sonicbbs.ddns.net (21:4/144)
  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Satchmo on Fri Dec 14 12:49:00 2018
    On 12-13-18 23:01, Satchmo wrote to stackfault <=-

    That reminds me. Time to write the backup routines! ;)

    Better sooner than later! :D


    ... Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.
    === MultiMail/Win v0.51
    --- SBBSecho 3.03-Linux
    * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (21:1/109)
  • From Ktulu@21:2/122 to Vk3jed on Thu Dec 13 20:18:42 2018
    Yeah. So glad that was found by Stackfault. Definately something that would need to be addressed! Great job Stack!



    Better sooner than later! :D

    |08---
    |08-|04Ktulu
    |07SysOp |08@ |12Insane Asylum BBS

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/14 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Insane Asylum (21:2/122)
  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Ktulu on Fri Dec 14 15:54:00 2018
    On 12-13-18 20:18, Ktulu wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Yeah. So glad that was found by Stackfault. Definately something that would need to be addressed! Great job Stack!

    Yeah that's a real doozy, great way to trash your configuration!


    ... Those who think they know it all, often upset those of us who do.
    === MultiMail/Win v0.51
    --- SBBSecho 3.03-Linux
    * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (21:1/109)
  • From g00r00@21:1/112 to stackfault on Fri Dec 14 04:49:38 2018
    Just found a significant issue in the A39 message base editor.
    When selecting all message bases using TAB and sorting them using /S, if you hit ESC to quit instead or using A to abort, it clears the
    mbases.dat file back to zero.

    Holy crap thats awful. I will fix this immediately and build a new pre-alpha.

    Thank you for letting me know.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Black Flag <ACiD Telnet HQ> blackflagbbs.com (21:1/112)
  • From StackFault@21:1/172 to Ktulu on Fri Dec 14 06:51:02 2018
    Yeah. So glad that was found by Stackfault. Definately something that would need to be addressed! Great job Stack!

    This is when live SAN snapshots comes in handy :)
    In the end, I didn't loose anything, which is the good news.

    |15 ß Þ |15StackFault |08<|03.|11.|15P|11h|03EN|11o|15M|11.|03.|08>
    |11 Ý ß |11The Bottomless Abyss BBS
    |03 ß Ýß |03ssh|08.|072222 |08/ |03telnet|08.|072023 |08/ |03https
    |08 ÜþÞ |08bbs|07.|08bottomlessabyss|07.|08net

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Bottomless Abyss BBS þ bbs.bottomlessabyss.net (21:1/172)