Installing news on SCO Xenix 386

[Mike Squires]

In article <12680 at well.UUCP> llz at well.UUCP (Lyle Zumbach) writes:
>
>This is my first news posting ... please be gentle.
>
>I have just subscribed to UUNET and I am trying to install Version
>2.11 B of netnews on my Compaq 386/20/4MB RAM running SCO XENIX 386
>Version 2.3.1.  The software seems to compile just fine, but when
>I try to run readnews or postnews I get the following error:
>
>readnews: Segmentation violation -- Core dumped
>

2.11 B news patchlevel 14 compiled under SCO XENIX V 2.3.1 using the
2.2 development system without problems.  The later patches add XENIX
support, if I remember correctly.  I was told by a local news
administrator to avoid patches after 15, as he had had trouble with
them of an unspecified nature.

There are a number of public access uucp sites for comp.sources.[misc,unix]
sources, including mine:  814 337 0348 (1200/2400); 814 337 3159 (2400-TB+);
login of "pdsrc" with list of files in /usr/spool/pdsrc/all.subjects or
login of "uucp" with list of files in /usr/spool/uucppublic/my.directory. Tlhis
will shortly include C news.  I am upgrading to a 386 box so things are a 
little disorganized now..

Mike Squires Allegheny College Meadville, PA 16335 814 332 3347
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