[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8178: query_posts + showposts + permalinks = 404

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#8178: query_posts + showposts + permalinks = 404
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 Reporter:  wp_guy   |       Owner:  anonymous                                             
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new                                                   
 Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  2.8                                                   
Component:  General  |     Version:  2.7                                                   
 Severity:  major    |    Keywords:  query_posts, showposts, posts_per_page, permalink, 404
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 So, apparently when doing something like
 query_posts($query_string.'showposts=2'); in a category.php file for
 example. Everything seems to work fine, but the paging doesn't, I get 404
 errors on the 3rd page.

 Here is how the blog is setup:
 - 'Blog pages show at most' is set to 5 in the settings
 - category.php has a query_posts($query_string.'showposts=2');
 - the category I'm browsing contains 7 posts.
 - permalinks are set to 'month and name'

 Here is what I do:
 1. myblog.com/category/mycategory works fine, shows 2 posts
 2. myblog.com/category/mycategory/page/2 works fine too, shows the next 2
 posts
 3. myblog.com/category/mycategory/page/3 returns a 404 error.

 The above works just fine if I use the default permalink structure (query
 string).

 I've seen this error in 2.6.3 and 2.7, haven't tried on earlier versions

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