[Xastir] Feature? Or am I just lazy...

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Reuven Z Gevaryahu wrote:

> --- db.c.~1.208.~       2003-02-03 23:24:14.000000000 -0500
> +++ db.c        2003-02-10 00:56:19.000000000 -0500

> @@ -8435,5 +8437,6 @@
>                       else
>                           p_station->record_type = DF_APRS;
> -                    p_station->flag &= (~ST_MSGCAP);            //
> clear "message capable" flag
> +                    //@ stations have messaging per spec
> +                    p_station->flag |= (ST_MSGCAP);            // set
> "message
> capable" flag
>                   }
>                   break;
>
> The second part is nothing more than a bug on our part. Also the
> ST_MSGCAP flag isn't set on weather stations because that are called
> APRS_WX1 by decode_info_field, this might be a bug or feature, hard to day.

Thanks for finding that one Reuven!  I just added that bugfix to
CVS.

I didn't add the other part of the patch (not shown above).  I agree
with you that it's best to not restrict the user.  We'll have to
figure out some other implementation for the messaging-capable stuff
in the user interface.

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