[news.admin] Installation question

mech@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Paul J. Mech) (02/14/89)

I am unsure exactly which group should receive this question. If I
have guessed wrong, please accept my apologies and, if possible,
direct me to the proper place by mail.

I am currently trying to install news 2.11, patch level 14, on an NCR
Mini-Tower running a binary copy NCR's port of Sys V (rel 2 or rel 3).
I have my set up my localize.sh based on a copy of localize.usg with
the following modifications:

Makefile:
	HOME set to ""
	LIBDIR and HOMEDIR set to local values
	UUXFLAGS omits -z

defs.h:
	ROOTID to local value
	HISTEXP to 2*WEEKS	/* I am a leaf off a single system */
	TMAIL undefined
	DFTXMIT omits -z
	UXMIT omits -z -c
	INTERNET defined
	UUNAME defined and set to local value
	DOXREFS defined
	MYORG to local value
	NICENESS defined

I have successfully executed the script and verified that the changes
were executed properly. Most notably for the following, MKDIRSUB
remains undefined.

When I run make, ld dies on inews with an undefined symbol, mkdir,
first referenced in inews.o. I looked at the source code, and frankly
I became more than a bit confused. Whereas I am willing and able to
write such a subroutine to try to get up and running, I am also
wondering if I have done or omitted something stupid, or if someone
else has experienced this problem and can give me some pointers.

If practical, please respond by mail. My news access is currently on
what will be my upstream site, and due to various factors my ability
to read and post is somewhat limited until I get my site up and
running.

Paul Mech
mech@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU