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0000490Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Interface, Announcements: Message Spampublic2010-04-05 10:482014-09-03 08:45
ReporterQmarx 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusconfirmedResolutionopen 
PlatformThinkpad R60OSWindows XPOS VersionSP2
Product Version0.31.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000490: Forbidding/unforbidding bucket results in "cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed." spam
DescriptionI set up a pit with a bucket stockpile next to it and set dwarves to fill it from the river. When a dwarf canceled filling the pond
"Monom Urusineth, militia commander cancels Fill Pond: Need empty bucket."
I forbid and unforbid the buckets. This resulted in message spamming by a variety of dwarves
"
Monom Urusineth, militia commander cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed. x1121
blel G‚barlogem, Thresher cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed.
Tirist Kanzudmeng, Planter cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed.x2
Tirist Kanzudmeng, Planter cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed.x269
Tirist Kanzudmeng, Planter cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed.x364
"
Et cetera.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information
Tagsforbidden item, job cancellations
Relationships
has duplicate 0003479resolved Logical2u Zombie Ponds 
Attached Files
Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-05 10:48QmarxNew Issue
2010-04-05 11:05QloosTag Attached: job cancellations
2010-04-05 11:05QloosTag Attached: forbidden item
2010-04-30 17:55FootkerchiefNote Added: 0005793
2010-09-22 18:11gerundronautNote Added: 0012907
2010-09-22 18:12gerundronautNote Edited: 0012907bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0012907#r5014
2010-09-22 18:48gerundronautNote Edited: 0012907bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0012907#r5019
2010-10-14 12:40bliNote Added: 0013367
2010-10-14 16:37kwielandNote Added: 0013371
2010-10-29 10:48Logical2uRelationship addedhas duplicate 0003479
2010-10-29 11:13Ogg the Blinky SockNote Added: 0013551
2011-03-24 20:20GrimerXNote Added: 0016541
2011-03-24 21:45FootkerchiefNote Added: 0016543
2011-03-26 12:11GrimerXIssue Monitored: GrimerX
2011-03-26 12:16GrimerXNote Added: 0016639
2014-08-30 07:33LociNote Added: 0029798
2014-09-03 08:45FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2014-09-03 08:45FootkerchiefStatusnew => confirmed

Notes
(0005793)
Footkerchief   
2010-04-30 17:55   
Ihmhi reports on the forum that you can also get the same cancellation spam from dwarves trying to use buckets brought by traders: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=20420.msg1208226#msg1208226 [^]
(0012907)
gerundronaut   
2010-09-22 18:11   
(edited on: 2010-09-22 18:48)
The same thing happens if you remove the pond designation, perhaps while the dwarves are mid-filling (I can't confirm that last part). My current fort is suffering from periodic bouts:

Tosid ?msibrek, militia captain cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed. x12
Ustuth ?nulesdor, Butcher cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed.
Zuglar Keskallek, hunting Peasant cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed. x4
Zuglar Keskallek, hunting Peasant cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed. x2
Imush Shagogunib, Miner cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed.
Zasit L?rdogik, Miner cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed.
Id Ostarkol, Clothier cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed. x3

0.31.13 OS X.
(0013367)
bli   
2010-10-14 12:40   
I also observe massive "<Dwarf> cancels Fill Pond: Job item lost or destroyed." spam when pond zone is set to inactive.

0.31.14 linux
(0013371)
kwieland   
2010-10-14 16:37   
I wonder if this is related to jobs. I noticed back (31.0x?) that after deleting a pond designation, I still had 3 "Fill pond" jobs in the queue. Toady basically said they don't do anything bad, but maybe these jobs are related to this spam?
(0013551)
Ogg the Blinky Sock   
2010-10-29 11:13   
Erasing the zone that had been set as a pond (rather than simply disabling the designation) seems to resolve the problem.
(0016541)
GrimerX   
2011-03-24 20:20   
I am seeing something similar in 31.22. Forbidding the bucket/removing the pond designation does *not* work around it.

I dug a 1x1 channel for a pond, designated as such. Dwarf filled it up twice, then dropped the bucket, picked it up again, walked a few squares and dropped it again, indicating "cancels Fill Pond: Need empty bucket". Inspection of the bucket doesn't show any contents (not sure if it would anyway). I can let it sit and run, dwarfs will pick up the bucket, walk a few squares and then drop it again.

I have a savegame which shows this behavior, if you're interested.
(0016543)
Footkerchief   
2011-03-24 21:45   
Yes, saves are always useful. http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^]
(0016639)
GrimerX   
2011-03-26 12:16   
Uploaded, thanks! http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=4041 [^]
(0029798)
Loci   
2014-08-30 07:33   
Confirmed in v0.40.10; forbidding buckets in use causes incessant cancellation spam, even though multiple other usable buckets exist. Deactivating the zone does not end the barrage, but removing the zone does.