INN commit: branches/2.6/doc/pod (innd.pod newsfeeds.pod)
INN Commit
rra at isc.org
Mon Sep 18 19:48:24 UTC 2017
Date: Monday, September 18, 2017 @ 12:48:24
Author: iulius
Revision: 10175
Clarify the wording about the propagation of control articles
Modified:
branches/2.6/doc/pod/innd.pod
branches/2.6/doc/pod/newsfeeds.pod
---------------+
innd.pod | 4 +++-
newsfeeds.pod | 15 ++++++++-------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Modified: innd.pod
===================================================================
--- innd.pod 2017-09-18 19:47:53 UTC (rev 10174)
+++ innd.pod 2017-09-18 19:48:24 UTC (rev 10175)
@@ -287,7 +287,9 @@
news.*,!control,!control.*
control,control.*
-but the sites with the following subscription patterns will not receive it:
+As a matter of fact, for the first pattern, C<control.newgroup> (or
+C<control>) is included in C<*>. However, the sites with the following
+subscription patterns will not receive it:
*, at news.*,!control,!control.*
comp.*, at news.*
Modified: newsfeeds.pod
===================================================================
--- newsfeeds.pod 2017-09-18 19:47:53 UTC (rev 10174)
+++ newsfeeds.pod 2017-09-18 19:48:24 UTC (rev 10175)
@@ -205,10 +205,11 @@
example:
$LOCALGROUPS=local.*,example.*
+ $CONTROLGROUPS=control,control.*
-This sets the variable C<LOCALGROUPS> to C<local.*,example.*>. This
-variable can later be used elsewhere in the file, such as in a site entry
-like:
+This sets the variable C<LOCALGROUPS> to C<local.*,example.*> and the
+variable C<CONTROLGROUPS> to C<control,control.*>. They can later be
+used elsewhere in the file, such as in a site entry like:
news.example.com:$LOCALGROUPS:Tf,Wnm:
@@ -223,14 +224,14 @@
variables to construct feed patterns. The utility becomes more obvious
when you observe that the line:
- news.example.net:*,@$LOCALGROUPS:Tf,Wnm:
+ news.example.net:*,@$LOCALGROUPS,!$CONTROLGROUPS:Tf,Wnm:
is therefore equivalent to:
- news.example.net:*, at local.*, at example.*:Tf,Wnm:
+ news.example.net:*, at local.*, at example.*,!control,!control.*:Tf,Wnm:
-which (as explained below) excludes all of the groups in $LOCALGROUPS from
-the feed to that site.
+which (as explained below) excludes all of the groups in $LOCALGROUPS
+and unwanted control articles from the feed to that site.
=head1 FLAG VALUES
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