Devilish bug in RN when out of space?

[Northrop]

In article <2572 at jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall at jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes:
>In article <670 at stcns3.stc.oz> dave at stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>: Fine.  The annoying thing is, both my .newsrc and .oldnewsrc got linked
>: together (!!!), and truncated (!!!).  This is reasonably repeatable.
>: Known bug, Larry?  Known fix, anyone?
>Yeah, known bug. ... If anyone has a patch for it, feel free to
>post it.  My next "patch" to rn will be a new version.

If anyone has a patch for this bug, I'd really appreciate being able to get
it.  Many of our users are given "little" accounts (lower priority,
restricted access, and, low QUOTAS).  They like to use these accounts for
reading news, they all use rn, and (as I now know) when their quotas
run out, their .newsrc and .oldnewsrc go away.

They get mad and yell at me.

Anyone got a patch that'll make them stop?  Please?

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