Debian bug report logs - #938, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#938: tin-1.30b-1 won't start
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Package: tin
Version: 1.30b-1

Tin was working w/ the previous version, installed 1.30b-1 and now
it says:

bash$ tin
tin 1.3 950515BETA PL0 [UNIX] (c) Copyright 1991-94 Iain Lea.
Reading config file...
Connecting to /etc/news/server...
/etc/news/server: Unknown host.
Failed to connect to NNTP server /etc/news/server. Exiting...

I can get it to start by:

bash$ NNTPSERVER=cmhcsys.cmhcsys.com; export NNTPSERVER
bash$ tin

I don't think I should have to do this, though.  Didn't need it before...:)

Let me know if there's more I can do...

Chuck

--
Here are the relevant file info from /etc:

bash$ ls -l /etc/nntpserver*
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           11 Jun  1 10:27 /etc/nntpserver -> news/server
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          259 May 16 13:46 /etc/nntpserver.old

bash$ cat /etc/nntpserver.old
# File created by Debian installation script
#   Tue May 16 13:44:37 EDT 1995
#
# This file should contain the name of your NNTP server.
# It is typically just your machine name.
#
# The default value was determined by 'uname -n'.
#debian
cmhcsys.cmhcsys.com
[this is the only change needed to get the previous version working]

bash$ cat /etc/news/server
cmhcsys.cmhcsys.com
[Have tried "cmhcsys" but symptom didn't change]

bash$ cat /etc/news/inn.conf
##  $Revision: 1.5 $
##  inn.conf -- inn configuration data
##  Format:
##	<parameter>:<whitespace><value>
##  Used by various programs and libinn.  The following parameters are defined:
##	domain		Local domain, without leading period.
##  	fromhost	What to put in the From line; default is FQDN
##			of the local host.
##	moderatormailer	Where to mail moderated postings, if not found
##			in the moderators file; see moderators(5).
##	pathhost	What to put in the Path and Xref headers; default
##			is FQDN of the local host.
##	organization	If $ORGANIZATION doesn't exist.  What to put in
##			the Organization header if blank.
##	server		If $NNTPSERVER doesn't exist.  Local NNTP server
##			host to connect to.
##
organization:	CMHC Systems
server:	news
fromhost:	debian.cmhcsys.com
[have tried "server: cmhcsys.cmhcsys.com" but symptom didn't change]

bash$ cat /etc/news/moderators
##  $Revision: 1.4 $
##  Mailing addresses for moderators.
##  Format:
##	<newsgroup>:<pathname>
##  First match found is used.
##	<newsgroup>	Shell-style newsgroup pattern or specific newsgroup
##	<pathname>	Mail address, "%s" becomes newgroup name with dots
##			changed to dashes.
gnu.*:%s@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
*:%s@uunet.uu.net

bash$ cat /etc/news/organization
CMHC Systems

bash$ cat /etc/news/passwd.nntp
##  $Revision: 1.4 $
##  passwd.nntp - passwords for connecting to remote NNTP servers
# (commented out example entry, for Debian GNU/Linux - iwj 25.07.94)
##  Format:
##	<host>:<name>:<pass>[:<style>]
##  Clients need only one entry, for where innd is running.  The
##  server will have more entries for connecting to peers to feed them
##  articles.
##	<host>		Host this line is for.
##	<name>		Name to use to authenticate with
##	<pass>		Password to send, after sending name
##	<style>		Optional authentication style, defaults to "authinfo"
##  <name> and <pass> can be empty string; a peer innd doesn't need a
##  <name>, for example.
# news.foo.com:rsalz:martha

bash$ cat /etc/news/whoami
debian.cmhcsys.com

--
Charles A. Stickelman			<chuck@cmhcsys.com>
PC Sales Engineer
CMHC Systems, Inc.			Work:	(614) 764-0143
570 Metro Place North			Sales:	(800) 528-9025
Dublin, OH 43017 USA			FAX:	(614) 764-0439
--

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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: chuck@debian.cmhcsys.com (Charles A. Stickelman)
Subject: Bug#938: Acknowledgement (was: tin-1.30b-1 won't start)
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On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, Charles A. Stickelman wrote:

> Package: tin
> Version: 1.30b-1
>
> Tin was working w/ the previous version, installed 1.30b-1 and now
> it says:
>
> bash$ tin
> tin 1.3 950515BETA PL0 [UNIX] (c) Copyright 1991-94 Iain Lea.
> Reading config file...
> Connecting to /etc/news/server...
> /etc/news/server: Unknown host.
> Failed to connect to NNTP server /etc/news/server. Exiting...

Yes, I am aware of this and I posted on debian-devel that this version
would not work in hopes that it would be deleted from the archive.  I am
in hopes of uploading another version tonight which corrects that problem
and a few others I encountered.

The problem is not with the 'tin' binary file, but rather a wrong
declaration of a #define.

Setting the environment variable NNTPSERVER is a valid workaround, but as
you said, should not be needed.

Sorry for the problems.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Kenny Wickstrom           | gnu - a new generation in s/w devel/support
kenny@kennet.com          | Linux - a much improved Un*x clone
(708)740-4008             | Debian - a Linux distribution setting the
#include <std-disclaimer> |    standard for future distributions

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On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, Kenny Wickstrom wrote:

>
> Yes, I am aware of this and I posted on debian-devel that this version
> would not work in hopes that it would be deleted from the archive.  I am
> in hopes of uploading another version tonight which corrects that problem
> and a few others I encountered.

Just so you know for future reference :)
If the file is STILL in Incoming on the archive you can DELETE it.

You must log into the FTP server using the UID of buster and password fsf/gnu
then you can delete rename whatever..

Thanks
Matthew S. Bailey
Archive Admin.

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accompany the original report.

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