From 17ef44085fbed320bf056f2b700ce80ecfe92d70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 15:10:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] --sums is not compatible with --checkgroups.

'Virtual' .ALL groups will never be present in
a checkgroups file, and we can't use them anyway
as they would contain postings from groups that
are filtered out by --checkgroups.

Add a warning, put a note in the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
---
 bin/groupstats.pl | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/groupstats.pl b/bin/groupstats.pl
index 7a3f7e4..d03c582 100755
--- a/bin/groupstats.pl
+++ b/bin/groupstats.pl
@@ -78,9 +78,16 @@ if ($OptReportType) {
     $OptReportType  = 'default';
   }
 }
-# read list of newsgroups from --checkgroups
-# into a hash reference
-my $ValidGroups = &ReadGroupList($OptCheckgroupsFile) if $OptCheckgroupsFile;
+# honor $OptCheckgroupsFile,
+# warn for $OptSums if set concurrently
+my $ValidGroups;
+if ($OptCheckgroupsFile) {
+  # read list of newsgroups from --checkgroups
+  # into a hash reference
+  $ValidGroups = &ReadGroupList($OptCheckgroupsFile);
+  &Bleat(1,"--sums option can't possibly work with --checkgroups option set")
+    if $OptSums;
+}
 
 ### read configuration
 my %Conf = %{ReadConfig($OptConfFile)};
@@ -375,6 +382,9 @@ example:
 
 See the B<gatherstats> man page for details.
 
+This option does not work together with the B<--checkgroups> option as
+all "virtual" groups will not be present in the checkgroups file.
+
 =item B<--checkgroups> I<filename>
 
 Restrict output to those newgroups present in a file in checkgroups format
@@ -384,6 +394,9 @@ line is ignored). All other newsgroups will be removed from output.
 Contrary to B<gatherstats>, I<filename> is not a template, but refers to
 a single file in checkgroups format.
 
+The B<--sums> option will not work together with this option as "virtual"
+groups will not be present in the checkgroups file.
+
 =item B<-r>, B<--report> I<default|average|sums>
 
 Choose the report type: I<default>, I<average> or I<sums>