[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Freight goto is broken (PR#402)

[Jeff Mallatt <jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2000/06/23 05:41 , Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
>* "Thue" == Thue  schrieb am Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:22:48 +0200:
>
>> It is a generel limitation of the goto that it cannot find a path
>> longer than 255 movepoints, each of which correspond to a move on a
>> road. This limitation should later be removed. This bug is in both
>
>This appears not to be the reason. I checked it again: If you want to
>send your freight to a foreign city to establish a trade route, you
>will observe this bug.

Yes, that seems to be the bug, but it's a little broader.  You can't tell
most units to goto a foreign city.  So far, the only units I've found that
can be commanded to goto a foreign city are Diplomats/Spies and Sea units.

jjm