Re: Help: cnews under Linux

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From: John Henders
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 00:00

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In <9611201808051204@geocities.com> Gordon Mulcaster <gordonm@geocities.com> writes:

>distribution is looked down upon by those "in the know"? I'm using 
>slackware becuase it's on the CD I have, should I avoid it when it comes 
>time to getting a new version?

As Toomas said, it's better to build packages like INN yourself, but, if
you're really new at this and just want it to work, the chances are much
higher a package from Redhat or Debian will work correctly when
installed. I recall people used to have to run strings on the Slackware
uucp binaries to actually figure out where the configuration files
should be installed, as Slackware's install put the config files in the
wrong directory.

-- 
John Henders  - System Administrator - Mindlink!/Wimsey

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Date: 1996/11/21
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