24 Oct 16 12:52, you wrote to me:

 WV>>> Well it's better than the current 9999. And as the config file
 WV>>> stores it as a 16 bits value, that's all I can do without making
 WV>>> things complicated... ;)

 ml>> it isn't that complicated to increase it to a 32bit or possibly a
 ml>> 64bit number... then when the new release comes out and setup is run,
 ml>> setup can easily detect that the config file is from an older version
 ml>> and update it to the new format...

 WV> That's what I meant with "making things complicated". This little
 WV> change isn't worth the trouble, of creating an updated config file and
 WV> all the hassle that it involves...

that's not complicated in the least... the setup program loads the bytes of
the config file that contain the version... if it is an old version, it loads
the old config into the new config making the needed var type changes... once
that's done and the operator looks over all the settings to be sure they are
correct, then we save the config and we're done... nothing to it...
remoteaccess was doing this back in 1990 with at least v0.04... we always had
to run setup and exit and then run it again... the conversion of the config
file was done during the first run but you had to exit and then run it
again... i've used that same method for some of my own tools except that i
don't require the exit and restart... it isn't that hard or complicated... FD
and FE also did the same type of conversion when their config file formats
were updated...

 ml>> the config file does have a format version number in it for this type
 ml>> of detection and updating, doesn't it??

 WV> Yes it does.

excellent... i was pretty sure it did... there's no other reason to have this
other than automatically upgrading the config file format...

 ml>> ok then... you know why to pack and now you know why to /not/
 ml>> renumber...

 WV> ... If your system/software needs it. ;)

renumbering should /never ever ever ever/ be forced except in the single
extreme circumstance of message base breakage due to overpopulation... it
should always be the operator's choice... just like purging and packing are
not forced...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it
wrong...
... You need to be at least 10% smarter than the equipment.
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