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Subject: NNTP configuration makes wrong assumption for DEC
Message-ID: <1991Jan24.233405.19851@engin.umich.edu>
Date: 24 Jan 91 23:34:05 GMT
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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.