fix stuff up

contrib/backends/nntpchand/.dir-locals.el

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+;; thanks stack overflow
+;; https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4012321/how-can-i-access-the-path-to-the-current-directory-in-an-emacs-directory-variabl
+((nil . ((eval . (set (make-local-variable 'my-project-path)
+                      (file-name-directory
+                       (let ((d (dir-locals-find-file ".")))
+                         (if (stringp d) d (car d))))))
+         (eval . (setenv "GOPATH" my-project-path))
+         (eval . (message "Project directory set to `%s'." my-project-path)))))

contrib/backends/nntpchand/src/nntpchan/cmd/nntpchan/main.go

@@ -95,13 +95,14 @@ func Main() {
 		}
 		nserv.Hooks = hooks
 	}
-
+	var frontends []frontend.Frontend
 	var db database.Database
 	for _, fconf := range conf.Frontends {
 		var f frontend.Frontend
 		f, err = frontend.NewHTTPFrontend(fconf, db)
 		if err == nil {
 			go f.Serve()
+			frontends = append(frontends, f)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -121,6 +122,15 @@ func Main() {
 					log.Infof("reloading config: %s", cfgFname)
 					nserv.ReloadServer(conf.NNTP)
 					nserv.ReloadFeeds(conf.Feeds)
+					for idx := range frontends {
+						f := frontends[idx]
+						for i := range conf.Frontends {
+							c := conf.Frontends[i]
+							if c != nil && c.Name() == f.Name() {
+								f.Reload(c)
+							}
+						}
+					}
 				} else {
 					log.Errorf("failed to reload config: %s", err)
 				}

contrib/backends/nntpchand/src/nntpchan/lib/config/frontend.go

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package config
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
 type FrontendConfig struct {
 	// bind to address
 	BindAddr string `json:"bind"`
@@ -13,6 +17,10 @@ type FrontendConfig struct {
 	Middleware *MiddlewareConfig `json:"middleware"`
 }
 
+func (cfg *FrontendConfig) Name() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("frontend-%s", cfg.BindAddr)
+}
+
 // default Frontend Configuration
 var DefaultFrontendConfig = FrontendConfig{
 	BindAddr:   "127.0.0.1:18888",

contrib/backends/nntpchand/src/nntpchan/lib/frontend/frontend.go

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ type Frontend interface {
 
 	// reload config
 	Reload(c *config.FrontendConfig)
+
+	// get frontend name
+	Name() string
 }
 
 // create a new http frontend give frontend config

contrib/backends/nntpchand/src/nntpchan/lib/frontend/http.go

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ type httpFrontend struct {
 	db database.Database
 }
 
+func (f *httpFrontend) Name() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("frontend-%s", f.addr)
+}
+
 // reload http frontend
 // reloads middleware
 func (f *httpFrontend) Reload(c *config.FrontendConfig) {

contrib/backends/nntpchand/src/nntpchan/lib/network/socks.go

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ func (sd *socksDialer) Dial(remote string) (c net.Conn, err error) {
 					}).Warn("connect via socks proxy failed")
 					c.Close()
 					c = nil
+					err = errors.New("could not connect via socks proxy")
 				}
 			} else {
 				// error reading reply
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ func (sd *socksDialer) Dial(remote string) (c net.Conn, err error) {
 				}).Error("failed to read socks response ", err)
 				c.Close()
 				c = nil
+				err = errors.New("socks proxy gave no reply")
 			}
 		} else {
 			if err == nil {

contrib/backends/nntpchand/src/nntpchan/lib/nntp/conn_v1.go

@@ -622,6 +622,10 @@ func (c *v1Conn) printfLine(format string, args ...interface{}) error {
 }
 
 func (c *v1Conn) readline() (line string, err error) {
+	if c.C == nil || c.C.R == nil {
+		err = errors.New("connection closed")
+		return
+	}
 	line, err = c.C.ReadLine()
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 		"pkg":     "nntp-conn",