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From: aem@ibiza.Miami.Edu (a.e.mossberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Another A/UX question, re: rn
Summary: rrn on A/UX
Keywords: news rn rrn A/UX nntp
Message-ID: <809@umbio.MIAMI.EDU>
Date: 24 Oct 88 22:45:31 GMT
References: <7139@dasys1.UUCP> <1345@unisoft.UUCP>
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In <1345@unisoft.UUCP>, <paul@unisoft.UUCP> wrote:
>In article <7139@dasys1.UUCP> alexis@dasys1.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) writes:
>>If we do get an A/UX machine it would be used primarily for mail and news.
>>Thus we would need to bring up rn (and maybe other news programs?) without
>>much work. Does the A/UX distribution come with rn? If not, how easy is it
>no
>>to get it running? 
>very, Larry Wall's Configure script that makes it compile on almost anything
>is still one of the 8 wonders of the known world (you just type Configure
>and answer the questions, then type make)


I installed remote rn (rrn) on my Mac II in about 45 minutes (while eating lunch).
It was extremely easy.  I was very surprised since I couldn't get it to work
at all on a Vaxstation II (Ultrix 2.2) or a ATT 3B2/310 (V 2.0.5).  


andrew