[bfe245f] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[bfe245f] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY slrn-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/slrn/slrn-&slrn-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY slrn-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fh-heilbronn.de/pub/mirrors/slrn/slrn-&slrn-version;.tar.bz2">
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[55c657e] | 9 | <!ENTITY slrn-md5sum "9b613007df537444a5f8a4a2994fadb7">
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[4a46bf8] | 10 | <!ENTITY slrn-size "1011 KB">
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[bfe245f] | 11 | <!ENTITY slrn-buildsize "9.3 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY slrn-time "0.19 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[d48dba5e] | 15 | <sect1 id="slrn" xreflabel="slrn-&slrn-version;">
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[38ef567] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="slrn.html"?>
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[e6f1fd6] | 17 |
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[38ef567] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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[e6f1fd6] | 22 |
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[38ef567] | 23 | <title>Slrn-&slrn-version;</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 24 |
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[38ef567] | 25 | <indexterm zone="slrn">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Slrn">Slrn</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 28 |
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[38ef567] | 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Slrn</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 31 |
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[f314186c] | 32 | <para><application>slrn</application> is a slang-based news reader, capable of
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[38ef567] | 33 | reading local news spools as well as groups from an NNTP server. Small local news
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[e6f1fd6] | 34 | spools can also be created with the use of the <command>slrnpull</command>
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[38ef567] | 35 | program included in the <application>slrn</application> distribution.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 36 |
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[38ef567] | 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&slrn-download-http;"/></para>
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| 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&slrn-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &slrn-md5sum;</para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download size: &slrn-size;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &slrn-buildsize;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated build time: &slrn-time;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | </itemizedlist>
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[e6f1fd6] | 58 |
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[38ef567] | 59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Slrn Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[e6f1fd6] | 60 |
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[38ef567] | 61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 62 | <para><xref linkend="slang"/> and a
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| 63 | MTA (See <xref linkend="server-mail"/>)</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 64 |
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[38ef567] | 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 66 | <para><xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 67 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>,
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| 68 | <ulink url="http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/UUDeview/">UUDeview</ulink>,
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| 69 | <ulink url="http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/inn/">INN</ulink> and
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| 70 | <ulink url="http://homepage.mac.com/imeowbot/iblog/C1355421991/">libcanlock</ulink></para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 71 |
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[38ef567] | 72 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 73 |
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[38ef567] | 74 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 75 | <title>Installation of Slrn</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 76 |
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[f314186c] | 77 | <para>Install <application>slrn</application> by running the following
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[38ef567] | 78 | commands:</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 79 |
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[38ef567] | 80 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[4a46bf8] | 81 | --with-slrnpull --enable-spool &&
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[46441976] | 82 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[e6f1fd6] | 89 |
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[38ef567] | 90 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 91 |
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[38ef567] | 92 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 93 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 94 |
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[38ef567] | 95 | <para><parameter>--with-slrnpull --enable-spool</parameter>: These
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| 96 | switches enable building the <command>slrnpull</command>
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| 97 | executable.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 98 |
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[f314186c] | 99 | <para><option>--with-ssl</option>: This switch adds
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| 100 | <application>OpenSSL</application> support to
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[38ef567] | 101 | <application>slrn</application>.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 102 |
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[f314186c] | 103 | <para><option>--with-uudeview</option>: This switch adds
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| 104 | <application>UUDeview</application> support to
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[38ef567] | 105 | <application>slrn</application>.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 106 |
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[38ef567] | 107 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 108 |
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[38ef567] | 109 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 110 | <title>Configuring Slrn</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 111 |
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[38ef567] | 112 | <sect3 id="slrn-config">
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| 113 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 114 |
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[38ef567] | 115 | <para><filename>/etc/slrn.rc</filename>,
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| 116 | <filename>~/.slrnrc</filename></para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 117 |
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[38ef567] | 118 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrn-config">
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| 119 | <primary sortas="e-etc-slrn.rc">/etc/slrn.rc</primary>
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| 120 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 121 |
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[38ef567] | 122 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrn-config">
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| 123 | <primary sortas="e-AA.slrnrc">~/.slrnrc</primary>
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| 124 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 125 |
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[38ef567] | 126 | </sect3>
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[e6f1fd6] | 127 |
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[38ef567] | 128 | <sect3>
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| 129 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 130 |
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[f314186c] | 131 | <para>The first time <command>slrn</command> is run, the
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| 132 | <filename>~/.jnewsrc</filename> file must be created. For this configuration
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[38ef567] | 133 | to work, you must have an environmental variable, <envar>NNTPSERVER</envar>,
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[f314186c] | 134 | set. In normal operation it would be exported into the environment by a startup file,
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| 135 | like <filename>/etc/profile</filename> or <filename>~/.bashrc</filename>. Here it
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| 136 | is just put it into the environment of the configuration step. For now, the LFS news
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[38ef567] | 137 | server is used in this example, but you should use whatever server you prefer.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 138 |
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[38ef567] | 139 | <para>Create the <filename>~/.jnewsrc</filename> file with the following
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| 140 | command:</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 141 |
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[38ef567] | 142 | <screen><userinput>NNTPSERVER=<replaceable>news.linuxfromscratch.org</replaceable> \
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| 143 | slrn -f ~/.jnewsrc --create</userinput></screen>
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[e6f1fd6] | 144 |
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[38ef567] | 145 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrn-config">
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| 146 | <primary sortas="e-AA.jnewsrc">~/.jnewsrc</primary>
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| 147 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 148 |
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[38ef567] | 149 | <para>You will also have to edit one of the configuration files. There is a sample
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[f314186c] | 150 | startup <filename>/usr/share/doc/slrn/slrn.rc</filename> file that comes with
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[38ef567] | 151 | <application>slrn</application>. It is extensively documented but if you need more
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[f314186c] | 152 | information, look at <ulink url="http://slrn.sourceforge.net/docs/">the
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[38ef567] | 153 | <application>slrn</application> website</ulink>.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 154 |
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[38ef567] | 155 | </sect3>
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[e6f1fd6] | 156 |
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[38ef567] | 157 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 158 |
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[38ef567] | 159 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 160 | <title>Contents</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 161 |
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[38ef567] | 162 | <segmentedlist>
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| 163 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 164 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 165 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[e6f1fd6] | 166 |
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[38ef567] | 167 | <seglistitem>
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| 168 | <seg>slrn and slrnpull</seg>
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| 169 | <seg>None</seg>
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[46441976] | 170 | <seg>/usr/share/slrn and usr/share/doc/slrn</seg>
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[38ef567] | 171 | </seglistitem>
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| 172 | </segmentedlist>
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[e6f1fd6] | 173 |
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[38ef567] | 174 | <variablelist>
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| 175 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 176 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 177 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[e6f1fd6] | 178 |
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[38ef567] | 179 | <varlistentry id="slrn-prog">
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| 180 | <term><command>slrn</command></term>
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| 181 | <listitem>
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| 182 | <para>is the slang-based news reader.</para>
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| 183 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrn-prog">
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| 184 | <primary sortas="b-slrn">slrn</primary>
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| 185 | </indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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[e6f1fd6] | 188 |
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[38ef567] | 189 | <varlistentry id="slrnpull">
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| 190 | <term><command>slrnpull</command></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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| 192 | <para>is used to pull a small news feed from an NNTP server for offline
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| 193 | reading.</para>
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| 194 | <indexterm zone="slrn slrnpull">
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| 195 | <primary sortas="b-slrnpull">slrnpull</primary>
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| 196 | </indexterm>
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| 197 | </listitem>
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| 198 | </varlistentry>
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[e6f1fd6] | 199 |
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[38ef567] | 200 | </variablelist>
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[e6f1fd6] | 201 |
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[38ef567] | 202 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 203 |
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[f45b1953] | 204 | </sect1>
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