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diff --git a/news/newsx/files/patch-ab b/news/newsx/files/patch-ab new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bd631b800a81 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/newsx/files/patch-ab @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +--- INSTALL.orig Thu Apr 8 04:12:00 1999 ++++ INSTALL Fri Feb 9 05:54:42 2001 +@@ -1,27 +1,46 @@ ++Installation Summary ++-------------------- + +-Basic Installation +-================== ++To compile and install this package: + +-The easiest way to compile this package is: ++ 1. Set up your local news server first. Newsx auto-configuration ++ checks what news server files and directories exist. + +- 1. Type `make' to configure tha package for your system and compile +- the package. ++ 2. Look over the Installation Details and Special Cases below to see if ++ you need to give ./configure any special options. + +- To run the configuration as a seperate step, type `./configure'. ++ 3. As user 'news' (or whatever owns your USENET News software), do + +- 2. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and +- documentation. You will often have to switch to superuser mode for +- this. ++ ./configure (with the options you prefer) + +- 3. Consult the README and FAQ for further advice regarding installation ++ (Note: ./configure produces README from README.in .) ++ ++ make (to build the programs). ++ ++ 4. If you need to be superuser/root to install software, do so, then do ++ ++ make install (installs the programs, data files, and ++ documentation). ++ ++ 5. Consult the README and FAQ for further advice regarding installation + and setting up the package. + +- 4. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the ++ 6. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the + source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the + files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for + a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. + + ++Installation Details and Special Cases ++-------------------------------------- ++ ++Linux ++===== ++ ++Linux users should check "http://web.tiscalinet.it/kalem/newsx.html". ++It has some RPM and Debian-related changes you may find useful. ++ ++ + Support for INN 2.x + =================== + +@@ -131,7 +150,13 @@ + A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script. + + +-$Id: INSTALL,v 1.7 1999/04/08 08:04:32 src Exp $ +- ++WORKAROUNDS ++=========== + ++1) `dbx newsx' complains of a symbol table problem and won't run + ++ Apparently, `gcc -g' can produce things dbx can't handle. This has been ++ seen in dbz/dbz-v3.o, dbz/dbz.o, and dbz/hash.o. Recompile the file ++ without the "-g" option and relink newsx. E.g., if dbx complains about ++ dbz/dbz.o, edit dbz/Makefile to remove "-g " from CFLAGS, ++ `rm dbz/dbz.o src/newsx', and rerun `make'. |