Newsgroups: news.software.b
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Problem with Cnews 7Sep90 sys file
Message-ID: <1990Sep14.152748.28264@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1990Sep12.151805.4334@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> <1990Sep12.222603.22914@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Sep13.165647.819@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 90 15:27:48 GMT

In article <1990Sep13.165647.819@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> rdc30med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (LCDR Michael E. Dobson) writes:
>>The prototype sys file, as shipped, has really empty lines.
>>
>Hmmm, I ftp'd my original cnews.Z from your site (25-May-90) then applied the
>two patches.

Hm.  Bug in your sed, perhaps?  I just checked; the distribution copy (well,
the current one) really does have empty lines in it.

>I can try putting the *empty* lines back in for readability.  How about
>TABS at the beginning of continuation lines? (None of the errors logged included
>a system name).

Well, actually they did include a system name -- one blank space! -- which
was the final clue to what was going on.  As for space at the start of
continuation lines, yes, this is supported -- see news(5) for details
of what is and isn't okay.
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