On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Sven Rudolph wrote: > > What was buggy about it? > > > > I just recompiled the source for INN (from sunsite.unc.edu - > > /pub/Linux/system/News/inn1.4sec-linux-src.tgz) and it seems to be > > working fine so far. > > The problem wasn't with INN itself, but with the Debian > package. (Hint: If you run a news server with INN on Debian, it > wouldn't be too much more work to create a Debian package.) > > (If you really start packaging INN, it might be a good idea to look at > the old package first.)
Well, I'm really not that good a C programmer. I can write small special-purpose utilities with no problems, although I generally use sh or perl if speed isn't crucial. I can compile things, I can even hack them a bit to make them work if they're a bit broken, and I can edit source files to customise them to conform to my idiosyncratic view of how things should work. Debugging and maintaining a huge program like INN as a debian package is beyond my C programming skills, I think. However, I'd be happy to help anyone who did want to do that by working on fixing up the debian install/config script (perl or sh, presumably?) I've installed INN on enough machines now to know what SHOULD be done - unfortunately, I think that most of INN's config will have to be done manually. inn.conf can be generated easily, the rest really has to be customised to each individual site. Craig -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Unix Consulting: Installation, Configuration, & Support. * * --- Also, contact me if you need your Dos/Win/OS2 LAN connected to --- * * --- the Internet. --- *
