Package: slrn Version: 0.9.9~pre111-1 Severity: minor Hi,
Slrn refuses to start the first time it detects that groups have been removed from the server. The second time you start slrn (when the newsrc file has been written) everything works all right. e.g.: | slrn pre0.9.9-111 | Loading /usr/share/slrn/slang/slrn.sl | Reading startup file /etc/news/slrn.rc. | Reading startup file /home/bus/.slrnrc. | Using newsrc file /home/bus/.newsrc.mb-net for server news.mb-net.net. | Connecting to host news.mb-net.net ... | Connected to host. Posting ok. | Checking for new groups ... | Checking news via active file ... | Group ch.avalanche is bogus - ignoring it. | Run-Time Error | Group ch.chuug is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.ewish is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.forsale is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.general is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.moshe is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.moshe.tuvok is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.network is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.philo.agenda is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.pollen is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.si.choose is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.si.general is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.si.sgaico is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.soc.sidos is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.sun-managers is bogus - ignoring it. | Group ch.unil.petites-annonces is bogus - ignoring it. | | slrn fatal error: | An error was encountered during initialization. | Writing /home/bus/.newsrc.mb-net ... Cheers, MB -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (655, 'MB'), (655, 'FGAN'), (200, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.5-ruf099 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, lc_ctype=de...@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages slrn depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcanlock2 2b-4 library for creating and verifying ii libslang2 2.1.3-3 The S-Lang programming library - r slrn recommends no packages. Versions of packages slrn suggests: ii metamail 2.7-54 implementation of MIME pn slrnpull <none> (no description available) -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org