Wayne Davison <trn@clari.net>,
        Mike Iglesias <iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu>

> If you specify a restriction on the command line, trn 3.6 prompts you
> to read a newsgroup even when there are no unread articles in it.
> Trn 3.5 didn't do this.  Is there any way to get the old behavior?

This is a restoration of the old behavior. Instead of typing "trn group"
start trn and type "O group" (capital O). Another solution is to
reinstall trn, removing the only line in sw.c that sets "emptyOnly" to
TRUE. Here's the patch in case someone needs it, from Mike Iglesias:

*** sw.c.dist	Fri Nov 18 22:01:26 1994
--- sw.c	Thu Dec  8 22:27:48 1994
***************
*** 164,170 ****
  #endif
      if (*s != '-' && *s != '+') {	/* newsgroup pattern */
  	setngtodo(s);
- 	emptyOnly = TRUE;
      }
      else {				/* normal switch */
  	bool upordown = *s == '-' ? TRUE : FALSE;
--- 164,169 ----


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