Subj : MsgBase get_all_msg_headers issue
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Mar 15 2019 12:57 pm

  Re: MsgBase get_all_msg_headers issue
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Fri Mar 15 2019 12:54 pm

 >   Re: MsgBase get_all_msg_headers issue
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Fri Mar 15 2019 12:13 am
 >
 >  >> get_all_msg_headers():
 >
 >  >> !JavaScript  ../xtrn/DigDist/MsgReader/DDMsgReader.js line 1392:
 >  >> Error: index re
 >  >> ad (1062) failed
 >
 >  DM> The problem I fixed in js_msgbase.c rev 1.230 (Mar-13-2019 UTC) was
 >  DM> introduced in rev 1.226 of js_msgbase.c (Feb-12-2019). Calling any JS
 >  DM> MsgBase method that read from the index file before calling the
 >  DM> get_all_msg_headers() method would cause the error. I confirmed the
 >  DM> error and the fix.
 >
 >  >> Where it's failing in my script, I'm not calling that function twice,
 >  >> it's right after opening the messagebase.
 >
 >  DM> That's weird. Calling get_msg_headers() right after opening the
 >  DM> messagebase did not cause any error for me, nor should it have (the
 >  DM> file pointer would be at the beginning the file by default). I wrote a
 >  DM> simple little script to executing JSexec to 1. reproduce the error and
 >  DM> 2. confirm the fix.
 >
 > It seems to be inconsistent - I'm not getting that error with every
 > sub-board, only some of them.  I'm not sure if I might have some sub-board
 > corruption somehow..

What happens if you run chksmb on those sub-boards?

                                            digital man

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