Subject: bin/ftp-exec problem

From: Akihiko-YAMAMOTO <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 13:47:10 +0900

Hi, Guys;

I'm running "wu-ftpd-2.4.2-beta-8" (BETA-8) by Academ Consulting
Services on SunOS-4.1.4.  I've just replaced this BETA-8 into
"wu-ftpd-2.4.2-beta-11" (BETA-11) and I found a bug(?) in "site exec"
implements on BETA-11.

I'm using the `agrep' package as an `index' command at
~ftp/bin/ftp-exec.  When I invoke `site index' command, BETA-11 gave
an error message such as

========================================================================
host:/> site index gcc-2.7.2
index gcc-2.7.2
/bin/ftp-exec/index: can't open file /ls_archive
 (end of 'index gcc-2.7.2')
========================================================================

Above error occurs on BETA-9 or later.
BETA-8, however, gave a correct response such as

========================================================================
host:/> site index gcc-2.7.2
index gcc-2.7.2
95/11/29 09:42  7089723 /pub/GNU/prep/gcc-2.7.2.tar.gz
96/01/31 11:55   158411 /pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/gcc-2.7.2-2.7.2p-pl6.diff.gz
96/01/31 11:55  7089723 /pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/gcc-2.7.2.tar.gz
 (end of 'index gcc-2.7.2')
========================================================================

Of course, in both cases `/ls_archive' _DOES_ exist and configurations
are not changed.  BETA-11(BETA-9 or later) said it cannot open this
file??   I tried BETA-9,10,11 and I gave up on this.

Does anyone out there know a solution to fix this on BETA-11?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

-Akihiko