Ken Johnson
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The TWildcatBase.OpenConference was creating a TMsgDatabase without populating the SDK globals, causing access violations on MwConfig. Now calls the full Register sequence: InitWCglobal, LoadMakeWild, BTInitIsam before opening; BTExitIsam + DisposeWCglobal on close. test_wildcat reads conferences 0..6 from vendored testdata (copied to /tmp/ma_wildcat so the source tree stays read-only).
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# External dependencies in copied format units
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## Sample data
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Real message bases for testing live at `~/fidonet/msg/` and for
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WildCat! at `~/allfix_dev/f_drive/tpfiles/allfix/wc_dev/testdata/`:
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- `hudson/` — Hudson MSGINFO/IDX/HDR/TXT/TOIDX.BBS set
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- `jam/` — many JAM echo areas (e.g. `10thamd.jhr/jdt/jdx/jlr`)
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- `echomail.jam/` — extra JAM samples
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- `netmail/` — FTS-1 *.MSG numbered files (mixed upper/lower case on disk)
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- `squish/` — Squish bases (currently empty but layout reserved)
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- `local/jam/`, `lowerit/`, `passthru/` — additional collections
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- WildCat 4 testdata:
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- `CONFDESC.DAT/IX/UX` — conference descriptors (7 conferences)
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- `MSG/MSG0..MSG6.DAT + .IX` — per-conference message databases
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- `DATA/ALLUSERS.DAT + USERCONF.DAT` — users + per-user conference membership
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Tests should open these read-only and verify message counts, first/last
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messages, and specific known attributes. Do NOT write to these paths
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from tests — copy them into a scratch dir first. The Wildcat SDK
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mutates the message database during Open (btis locks, modcounters) so
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even "read" paths must go through a scratch copy.
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## Authoritative specs
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The FTSC document collection at `/home/ken/Source Code/ftsc/docs/` is the
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source of truth when validating attribute bits, packet header layouts,
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date strings, and kludge syntax. Key documents we cross-check against:
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- `fts-0001.016` — FTS-1 packet & message format (PKT, *.MSG, attributes,
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date string, kludges)
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- `fsc-0039.001` / `fsc-0039.004` — Type-2+ packet header
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- `fsc-0045.001` — Type-2.2 packet header
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- `fsc-0048.002` — AuxNet Type-2 variant
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- `fsc-0009`, `fsc-0035` etc. — kludges and control lines
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When in doubt about an encoding or bit position, reference the spec
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before changing the conversion tables in `ma.types.pas`.
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These references were inherited from the Allfix tree and need to be resolved
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during the format-by-format refactor pass.
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## ma.fmt.pkt.pas
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Currently uses: `msgunit`, `netaddrs`, `aftypes`.
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Needs from `msgunit`:
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- `PktHeader` — 58-byte FTN packet header record
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- `PktRecord` — per-message header record inside a packet
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- `PacketRecord` — high-level parsed message with kludges, address parts,
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flavours, etc.
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- `FlavourType`, `FlavourTypeSet`, `DateTimeArray`
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Plan:
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- Move `PktHeader` + `PktRecord` into `ma.fmt.pkt.pas` itself (packet-only).
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- Move `PacketRecord`, `FlavourType`, `FlavourTypeSet`, `DateTimeArray`
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into `ma.types.pas` so other backends can use them where needed.
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- Drop the `msgunit` / `netaddrs` / `aftypes` `uses` clauses.
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## ma.fmt.wildcat.pas + ma.fmt.wcutil.pas
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Use the WildCat 4 SDK. The SDK source has been copied verbatim into
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`src/wc_sdk/` (formerly `wc_dev/` in Allfix) so this repo can build the
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Wildcat backend without external paths.
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The SDK pulls in OS/2-era helpers (`Os2Comp`, `DosUtil`, `p_System`,
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`btisbase`, `isamtool`, …). Keeping it on its own search-path entry
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(`-Fusrc/wc_sdk`) means callers that don't need Wildcat can omit the
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backend without forcing the SDK onto the build line.
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## include.inc
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Allfix sources start with `{$I include.inc}`. Our copied units no longer
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have that on the search path (we deliberately want the new lib to be
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self-contained). Plan during refactor:
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- Replace each `{$I include.inc}` with explicit `{$mode objfpc}{$H+}` plus
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any other compiler switches the unit actually needs (most don't need
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more than mode + `$H+`).
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- Drop `WILDCAT4`, `EXECSWAP`, `UNI` and other Allfix-specific defines.
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