diff ChangeLog @ 188:f1bacee93ca6 noffle

[svn] * src/client.c,src/client.h,src/fetch.c,src/noffle.c,src/server.c: robustness - instead of retruning simple Passed/Failed statuses from connection functions, return an integer status instead. This allows Noffle to distinguish between a connection failure, an unrecoverable protocol error and a recoverable problem. As a concrete instance, Noffle will no longer abort the connection if a group is removed from the upstream server. Also beef up error detection a bit. * src/content.c: instead of overwriting the existing content file(s) when updating - which leaves a window where Noffle is vulnerable to failure which will leave the content file corrupted (yes, it happened to me), write a new content file and rename it over the old file only when it has been written and closed with no errors reported.
author bears
date Wed, 12 Sep 2001 21:33:44 +0100
parents 166008a80f03
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+Wed Sep 12 2001 Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
+
+* src/client.c,src/client.h,src/fetch.c,src/noffle.c,src/server.c:
+  robustness - instead of retruning simple Passed/Failed statuses from
+  connection functions, return an integer status instead. This allows
+  Noffle to distinguish between a connection failure, an unrecoverable
+  protocol error and a recoverable problem. As a concrete instance, Noffle
+  will no longer abort the connection if a group is removed from the
+  upstream server. Also beef up error detection a bit.
+* src/content.c: instead of overwriting the existing content file(s) when
+  updating - which leaves a window where Noffle is vulnerable to failure
+  which will leave the content file corrupted (yes, it happened to me),
+  write a new content file and rename it over the old file only when it
+  has been written and closed with no errors reported.
+	
 Sat Sep 01 2001 Markus Enzenberger <me@markus-enzenberger.de>
 
 * src/client.c,src/protocol.h: perform authentication at connect time,