Re: [coldsync-hackers] Still wrong ID number

[Andrew Arensburger <arensb+CShackers@ooblick.com>]

On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 03:47:23PM -0400, rbowen wrote:
> OK, someone tell me what I'm misreading here. When I do a coldsync
> -mI, it tells me:
> 
> Your .coldsyncrc should contain something like the following:
> 
> pda {
>         snum: "*Visor*-G";
>         username: "Rich Bowen";
>         userid: 1000;
> }

	Try taking out the "-G". That's the checksum for the string
"*Visor*". It shouldn't have been printed in that message.

	This bug is fixed, but unfortunately hasn't made it into the
stable branch yet. ICAC I've appended the patch.

-- 
Andrew Arensburger                      This message *does* represent the
arensb@ooblick.com                      views of ooblick.com
	 God is my co-pilot, but the Devil is my bombardier.


diff -u -r1.68 -r1.69
--- src/config.c	2001/05/06 06:04:27	1.68
+++ src/config.c	2001/06/10 22:32:25	1.69
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *	You may distribute this file under the terms of the Artistic
  *	License, as specified in the README file.
  *
- * $Id: config.c,v 1.68 2001/05/06 06:04:27 arensb Exp $
+ * $Id: config.c,v 1.69 2001/06/10 22:32:25 arensb Exp $
  */
 #include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -1237,6 +1237,13 @@
 	{
 		/* This Palm doesn't have a serial number. Say so. */
 		printf("\tsnum: \"\";\n");
+	} else if (p_snum[0] == '*') {
+		/* Print the Palm's serial number. */
+		/* Special serial numbers (currently, only "*Visor*") are
+		 * assumed to begin with '*', so anything that begins with
+		 * '*' doesn't get a checksum.
+		 */
+		printf("\tsnum: \"%s\";\n", p_snum);
 	} else {
 		/* Print the Palm's serial number. */
 		printf("\tsnum: \"%s-%c\";\n",
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