Re: [Bug-gnubg] Resignation wrongly accepted by gnubg

[Jim Segrave]

On Mon 22 Nov 2004 (10:41 +0000), Jon Kinsey wrote:
> Petr Kadlec wrote:
> >
> >During a match against gnubg, I wanted to resign a gammon, but I clicked 
> >on the single-point resign button. To my surprise, gnubg accepted!
> >
> >The position is NwAAAOy2YQEBAA / QYmkAAAAAAAA, I resign a single point 
> >and gnubg accepts. AFAICS this game is a clear gammon; the accept is 
> >even marked as "very bad" after analysis (which IIANM uses same settings 
> >as gnubg's gameplay). I am really puzzled. How can I find out what is 
> >wrong?
> 
> I've tried this and it works ok for me.  These commands:
> 
> set matchid QYmkAAAAAAAA
> set board NwAAAOy2YQEBAA
> resign 1
> 
> give "gnubg declines the single game."

That's odd because - from a build on Saturday (extra board diagrams deleted):

GNU Backgammon 0.14.3-devel
Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Gary Wong.
GNU Backgammon is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License
version 2, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
under certain conditions.  Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GNU Backgammon.  Type "show warranty" for
details.
(No game) set matchid Uom1AAAACAAA
The dice have been set to 3 and 5.
The cube has been set to 4.

[snip]

(aintifun) set board AQAA3O8IQgAAAA
[snip]
(aintifun) resign normal
aintifun offers to resign a single game.
    GNU Backgammon  Position ID: AQAA3O8IQgAAAA
                    Match ID   : UqG1AAAACAAA
    +24-23-22-21-20-19------18-17-16-15-14-13-+  O: jim_segrave
OOO | O                |   |          X       |  0 points
OOO |                  |   |                  |  
OOO |                  |   |                  |  
OOO |                  |   |                  |  
 OO |                  |   |                  |  
    |                  |BAR|                  |v 5 point match
    |    6             |   |                  |  
    |    X             |   |                  |  
    | X  X  X          |   |                  |  
    | X  X  X          |   |                  |  Rolled 35, resigns single game
    | X  X  X        X |   |             X    |  1 point
    +-1--2--3--4--5--6-------7--8--9-10-11-12-+  X: aintifun (Cube: 4)

jim_segrave accepts and wins a single game.
jim_segrave wins a single game and 4 points.

The naming is bogus, jim_segrave here is gnubg, aintifun is about to
get away with a bogus resign


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