Re: [Lurker-users] lurker-prune: "list/<list-name-with-dots>.html: not a lurker file"

[Julian M. <ju...@me...>]

Wesley W. Terpstra wrote:
> > How should this be resolved?  Ban dots from list names, or fix
> > lurker-prune (I don't see an easy fix, though)?
>
> Well, an easy work-around for now is certainly to avoid dots in the name.
> I'm assuming the only problem is that it deletes all cache on every prune
> run?
> ie: aside from the performance implications, there is no other side
> effect?

No, the effect is that the cache _isn't_ pruned for that list, at least not=
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completely.  The list/<list-name-with-dots>.(en.)html file remains and=20
thus prevents the list archive's web page from being updated.

> I should probably just forbid this in the config file.

Doesn't sound nice, as a I cannot rename that list easily.  (Well, I could,=
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within Lurker's reach, but that would make it inconsistent with my Mailman=
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configuration, which I'd like to avoid.)  Especially since I already=20
wasted hours before, trying to find out why Courier MTA doesn't accept=20
mail to localparts with more than 3 dashes (don't ask!).  That's when I=20
resorted to dots.  Now I cannot use dots either?  :-(