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From: amos@instable.UUCP (Amos Shapir)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: directory ownership in /usr/spool/news
Message-ID: <522@instable.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Nov-86 02:11:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 24 02:11:20 1986
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Summary: I know it's broken

In article <42609@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV> rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams) writes:
>You either have a badly broken 4.3bsd or you have misinstalled the news 
>software.

I admit, the news software were misinstalled; but still, I did run
all the 'make install' and 'make update' exactly according to instruction.
The trouble was, I didn't know 'mkactive' is going to create the new
newsgroups *all at once*, resulting in the load going up to 30, and as many
angry users on my back, and some failed 'mkdir's.

As I said, it was fixed (sort of) in 2.11 - at least, it doesn't happen
automatically. Seriously - the news is the best documented and maintained
programs I have ever seen, obviously the result of growing up under the
care of loving parents :-)
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	Amos Shapir
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