Asdcattb.597
net.news.b
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!sdcarl!sdcattb!madden
Thu Apr 15 00:55:32 1982
Expire failure on pdp11\'s
In the 2.3 release of bnews, the file expire.c calls time() and
cgtdate() without bothering to point out to the compiler that they
return a value of type time_t (which is the same as long.)  Since this
causes the use of improper values during expiration date checks on a
pdp11, expire fails to work as expected on such machines.

Since param.h includes an appropriate external declaration for both
routines, it appears that the problem can be fixed by including
param.h at the front of expire.c.
		
				Jim Madden

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