[news.software.nntp] NNTP configuration makes wrong assumption for DEC

news@engin.umich.edu (CAEN Netnews) (01/25/91)

The following code in common/config.h of the nntp server code:

#ifdef BSD_43           /* And now more assumptions! */
#   ifndef sun
#       ifndef READ_SUPER
#               define READ_SUPER
#       endif
#   endif
#       ifndef DBZ
#               ifndef NDBM
#                       define NDBM
#               endif
#       endif
#endif

Just caused a problem for NNTP running on a DECstation 3100 --
the assumption that READ_SUPER should be defined for any non-sun
is not valid in my case, yielding a plethora of errors in my nntplog
file about dfree failures.