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- From: rolfe@ldp.com (Rolfe Tessem)
- Subject: Re: Cnews and uucp?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.183828.362@ldp.com>
- Sender: rolfe@ldp.com (Rolfe Tessem)
- Reply-To: rolfe@ldp.com
- Organization: Lucky Duck Productions
- References: <1992Nov17.063906.12349@visual.spk.wa.us>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:38:28 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <1992Nov17.063906.12349@visual.spk.wa.us> ssanbeg@visual.spk.wa.us
- (Scott Sanbeg) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov15.152237.28074@grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard
- Krehbiel) writes:
- > >In article <kD87TB2w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us> owen@lakes.trenton.sc.us (UN
- Owen) writes:
- > >
- > >> Is there any thought of porting the cnews package and something
- > >> like HDB or Taylor uucp over to OS/2? I currently run Waffle
- > >> under a DOS session, and could not use UUPC since it does not
- > >> (according to the docs I have) have any support for feeding other
- > >> systems.
-
- I don't understand this comment; batching news for other systems (if this is
- what you mean) is the responsibility of the news software, not UUCP. UUPC
- 1.11 (for OS/2) itself feeds other systems pretty much like any other
- UUCP does, with scheduling, grading, polling, etc. I'm using 1.11v which has
- some improvements and fixes over 1.11q which I had been using; I understand
- there is at least a version 1.11w out there now.
-
- > >I've thought of porting C-news, but a great deal of C-news is written
- > >in Unix shell scripts; it would be a significant effort to port.
-
- But hasn't a Bourne-like shell already been ported?
-
- > Likewise, Taylor UUCP is written primarily for UNIX too - it would also
- > be a non-trivial task to port over.
- >
- > Still, Waffle in a DOS session *forever*, though working fine, is
- > a thought to shudder against. :)
-
- You should take a look at UUPC 1.11 for OS/2.
-
- Rolfe
-
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