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! > >---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- > Tim Russell, Computer Operator | Internet: russell@zeus.unl.edu > Campus Computing | Bitnet: russell@unoma1 > University of Nebraska at Omaha | UUCP: uunet!zeus.unl.edu!russell >---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Geoff Huston gih900@csc.anu.oz.au