prevent spurious errors when requesting specific message parts

no one should be reporting NOTOK for failure to display parts that
weren't actually requested.  failure should be reserved for parts that
we really attempted to display.

(this fix is an extension of c9794733.)

diff --git a/uip/mhshowsbr.c b/uip/mhshowsbr.c
index b76a588..986ffb9 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/mhshowsbr.c
+++ b/uip/mhshowsbr.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ show_multi_internal (CT ct, int alternate, int concatsw, int textonly,
     int        alternating, nowalternate, result;
     struct multipart *m = (struct multipart *) ct->c_ctparams;
     struct part *part;
-    int any_part_ok;
+    int request_matched;
     CT p;
 
     alternating = 0;
@@ -580,13 +580,13 @@ show_multi_internal (CT ct, int alternate, int concatsw, int textonly,
        alternating  = 1;
     }
 
-/*
- * alternate   -> we are a part inside an multipart/alternative
- * alternating -> we are a multipart/alternative
- */
+    /*
+     * alternate   -> we are a part inside an multipart/alternative
+     * alternating -> we are a multipart/alternative
+     */
 
     result = alternate ? NOTOK : OK;
-    any_part_ok = 0;
+    request_matched = 0;
 
     for (part = m->mp_parts; part; part = part->mp_next) {
        p = part->mp_part;
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ show_multi_internal (CT ct, int alternate, int concatsw, int textonly,
        if (part_ok (p, 1) && type_ok (p, 1)) {
            int inneresult;
 
-           any_part_ok = 1;
+           request_matched = 1;
 
            inneresult = show_switch (p, nowalternate, concatsw, textonly,
                                      inlineonly, fmt);
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ show_multi_internal (CT ct, int alternate, int concatsw, int textonly,
        }
     }
 
-    if (alternating && !part && any_part_ok) {
+    if (alternating && !part && request_matched) {
        if (!alternate)
            content_error (NULL, ct, "don't know how to display any of the contents");
        result = NOTOK;
@@ -631,7 +631,9 @@ show_multi_internal (CT ct, int alternate, int concatsw, int textonly,
     }
 
 out:
-    return result;
+    /* if no parts matched what was requested, there can't have been
+     * any display errors, so we report OK. */
+    return request_matched ? result : OK;
 }