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From: jim@shark.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [386BSD] Problems installing cnews/nn
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Date: 29 Nov 92 17:36:11 GMT
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Harald Schmidt (scm@uropax.contrib.de) wrote:
: Hallihallo,
: 
: I have so much trouble installing cnews and nn on my
: pc. The problem are definitly the basic tools like sed 
: (substitute vars, ...). I installed the whole patchkit 
: before I begun to install cnews, but it was the same 
: as before; doit.bin (maybe doit.news) required a subdir
: named 0 (yes zero) and cleared the makefile in relay.
: 
: Does anybody has a solution or better binaries for cnews and nn?
: 
: Many thanks in advance,
: 
: 	Harald

Hi ,

I would try INN. INN can do what cnews can and more. It also is a lot smaller.
INN is avaiable at many sites.


Good luck,

--Jim.