gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston) (09/19/89)
These comments are of general interest, so I'll repost them to the list:...
From: "Tim Russell" <conslt32%zeus.unl.edu@murtoa.cs.mu.oz>
Subject: Problems building News 5.9
> I just thought I'd send you a few problems I had building 5.9.
>
> First, NEWSBUILD.COM tries to do a CC NEWSMAIL. Since NEWSMAIL is
>a system-defined logical for news, this translates (in our case) to CC
>NEWSMGR, which naturally fails..
>
> Second, for compiling with Wollongong, another directory, TWG$TCP:
>[NETDIST.INCLUDE.ARPA], needs to be defined in the VAXC$INCLUDE logical.
This is a change to NEWSBUILD.COM
> There's a problem with the NAMESER.H header file, but that's Wollongong's
>problem, not yours.. I had to make a local copy and edit it.
>
> So that's basically it for building, not too bad!
>
> I tried out the mailing list feature for newsgroups, and it's PERFECT!
>Exactly what the doctor ordered. However, whenever I try to use an address
>that ends up using a foreign protocol, I get an insufficient priveledge
>violation. Using an address that maps locally works fine.
>
> The error occurs in NEWSPOST.C on line 7523:
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> att_list[i].buffer_length = 0;
> att_list[i].item_code = 0;
> att_list[i].buffer_address = 0;
> att_list[i].return_length_address = 0;
>
>--> if (!((sts = mail$send_add_attribute(&context,att_list,null_list)) & 1)) {
> mail$send_end(&context,null_list,null_list);
> nosysprv();
> clear_err_line();
> return(sts);
> }
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I'm going to debug it today and try to figure it out.
>
> Thanks for 5.9! Looks wonderful!
>
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Geoff Huston
gih900@csc.anu.oz.au