Make "msgattrib --set-obsolete" work without error.

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index a76acc60c0352cc89dcc372785bc9f3b20144e17..464804986cc70579298ff579e95df9b78047467e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-12-08  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * msgattrib.c (process_message_list): Never make the header entry
+       obsolete.
+
 2001-12-08  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
        * msgfilter.c (main): Fix getopt_long string: -i takes an argument.

diff --git a/src/msgattrib.c b/src/msgattrib.c
index 2208c1cd0e50c9a9dbc40c1464905ef04e77835d..61d5d7cd556b6b292639c499c280c9a0e7cf0d81 100644 (file)
--- a/src/msgattrib.c
+++ b/src/msgattrib.c
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ process_message_list (mlp)
            mp->is_fuzzy = true;
          if (to_change & RESET_FUZZY)
            mp->is_fuzzy = false;
-         if (to_change & SET_OBSOLETE)
+         /* Always keep the header entry non-obsolete.  */
+         if ((to_change & SET_OBSOLETE) && (mp->msgid[0] != '\0'))
            mp->obsolete = true;
          if (to_change & RESET_OBSOLETE)
            mp->obsolete = false;