tdx-util/expire question and overchan question

[Russ Allbery]

Julien ÉLIE <julien at trigofacile.com> writes:
> Hi William,

>> tdx-util: tradindexed: low water mark incorrect for de.comm.software.browser.misc: 1914 != 1913
>> tdx-util: tradindexed: count incorrect for de.comm.software.browser.misc: 2 != 3
>
> Hmm...  I wonder whether we should worry about that warning.
> It does no harm, doesn't it?
>
> As you are using CNFS buffers, it is normal that some articles
> are expiring sooner in your spool than in your overview (and
> also history).  Expiry, during the night, will actually expire
> these articles.
>
>    Shouldn't we add in parenthesis after such lines
>    "(normal for self-expiring storage methods like CNFS)"?

But in this case, the active file knows about the expiration but overview
doesn't.  I find that somewhat odd.  Why would the active file have been
updated but overview not?

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