some fixes

ripnews.rb

@@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ def aprofile_mem(group)
 		groups = {}
 		ObjectSpace.each_object { |x|
 			if not [Array,Hash].include? x.class
-			e = nil
-			begin
-				e = MEntry.new( x.class, Marshal::dump(x).size )
-			rescue TypeError # undumpable
-				e = MEntry.new( x.class, 0 )
+				e = nil
+				begin
+					e = MEntry.new( x.class, Marshal::dump(x).size )
+				rescue TypeError # undumpable
+					e = MEntry.new( x.class, 0 )
+				end
+				if groups.has_key? e.c
+					groups[e.c].mem += e.mem
+					groups[e.c].total += 1
+				else
+					groups[e.c] = GroupEntry.new( e.c, e.mem, 1 )
+				end
 			end
-			if groups.has_key? e.c
-				groups[e.c].mem += e.mem
-				groups[e.c].total += 1
-			else
-				groups[e.c] = GroupEntry.new( e.c, e.mem, 1 )
-			end
-		end
-	}
+		}
 		File.open( "mem_log", "a+" ) { |file|
 			file << "Group #{group}\n"
 			total = 0
@@ -547,11 +547,17 @@ def get_multi(subj, group)
 #			puts "inside thread post pass\n"
 			if UUEncode.is_uuencoded(tbody)
 				puts "	UUDecoding..."
-				if tfile
-					tmode, tfilename, tbody = UUEncode.uudecode(tfile, tfileout)
-				else
-					tmode, tfilename, tbody = UUEncode.uudecode(tbody)
-				end
+                begin
+				  if tfile
+					  tmode, tfilename, tbody = UUEncode.uudecode(tfile, tfileout)
+				  else
+					  tmode, tfilename, tbody = UUEncode.uudecode(tbody)
+				  end
+                rescue Encoding::UndefinedConversionError
+					puts "#{$!}"
+					puts "	Skipping article..."
+					Thread.current.exit
+                end
 			elsif YEnc.is_yencoded(tbody)
 				puts "	YDecoding..."
 				begin
@@ -683,7 +689,7 @@ def get_max_file_length(tempdir=".")
 	name = "a"*500
 	name = "#$$#{name}"
 	begin
-		file = File.new("#{tempdir}/#{name}", "w", 0644).close
+		File.new("#{tempdir}/#{name}", "w", 0644).close
 		FileUtils.rm("#{tempdir}/#{name}")
 	rescue Errno::ENAMETOOLONG
 		name = name[0...-1]