[INN] #102: Improve checkgroups semantics in control.ctl

[INN]

#102: Improve checkgroups semantics in control.ctl
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 Reporter:  iulius     |        Owner:  eagle
     Type:  defect     |       Status:  new  
 Priority:  low        |    Milestone:       
Component:  utilities  |      Version:  2.4.5
 Severity:  normal     |   Resolution:       
 Keywords:             |  
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Comment(by iulius):

 According to Julien Élie:

 Regarding checkgroups, I believe controlchan code should be adapted
 because it can no longer use the last control.ctl matching line to achieve
 that.  Thus, it will be possible to use lines like:

     checkgroups:*:*binaries*:drop

 But they should be processed in order.

     checkgroups:*:*binaries*:drop
     checkgroups:group-admin at isc.org:comp.*:verify-news.announce.newgroups

 -> we do not want comp.*binaries*
 -> and only comp.* groups should remain in the checkgroups


 However, several checkgroups will be processed (one for each line) since
 one might want for instance:

     checkgroups:group-admin at isc.org:comp.*:verify-news.announce.newgroups
     checkgroups:group-admin at isc.org:misc.*:mail


 I believe I should also match the first pattern in order to make a
 difference between a "cn.*" and a "cn.bbs.*" checkgroups for instance (and
 not remove wrong groups).


 By the way, I have just noticed a but in current checkgroups
 implementation:

     checkgroups:ausadmin at aus.news-admin.org:aus.*:verify-ausadmin at aus
 .news-admin.org
     checkgroups:ausadmin at aus.news-admin.org:canb.*:drop

 As the list is reversed and canb.* will first match, checkgroups for aus.*
 will also be dropped.

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