I've got the same problem as Curtis and I'm still waiting for an answer !
(See below for other comments.)
>From: Gilles Detillieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [htdig] htmerge loosing entries
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curtis Ireland)
>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:20:41 -0600 (CST)
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>According to Curtis Ireland:
> > [CUT]
> > Afterwards, if I search a certain word in the group1 database, it
> > returns 28 matches. If I then try the same word on the all database, it
> > returns only 7 matches.
>
>I think we may need to wait for Geoff to comment on this one. We've had
>occasional reports of htmerge -m losing documents, but nothing we could
>solidly pin down and consistently reproduce. I've taken a look through
>htmerge/db.cc and as far as I can tell, it should correctly handle the way
>you're using it above. Admittedly, it's a pretty unconventional way of
>making a copy of a database, but that is what it should do, essentially.
>The fact it doesn't would indeed suggest a problem here.
>
>What platform are you running this on? (OS version, distribution if
>applicable, compiler version, etc.)
I (Olivier Korn) DID send to the list a set of *.conf files which permitted
to reproduce the problem. Nobody ever replied to my message.
I'm ready to help anybody willing to track the "possible" bug, if any.
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