--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>
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Thomas Hochstein 2013-09-03 15:10:07 +02:00
parent 1af57a5390
commit 17ef44085f

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@ -78,9 +78,16 @@ if ($OptReportType) {
$OptReportType = 'default';
}
}
# honor $OptCheckgroupsFile,
# warn for $OptSums if set concurrently
my $ValidGroups;
if ($OptCheckgroupsFile) {
# read list of newsgroups from --checkgroups
# into a hash reference
my $ValidGroups = &ReadGroupList($OptCheckgroupsFile) if $OptCheckgroupsFile;
$ValidGroups = &ReadGroupList($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>