Changeset 792d6042 for basicnet

Timestamp:

10/29/2003 06:27:35 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Billy O 'Connor <billyoc@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, v5_0, v5_1, v5_1-pre1, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

ee60dff

Parents:

07660716

Message:

Added NNTPSERVER info to config.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@1454 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• basicnet/mailnews/slrn/slrn-config.xml (modified) (1 diff)

basicnet/mailnews/slrn/slrn-config.xml

@@ -12 +12 @@
 <para>The first time <command>slrn</command> is run, the
 <filename>$HOME/.jnewsrc</filename> file must be
-created. Create the <filename>$HOME/.jnewsrc</filename> file with the following
+created. For this configuration to work, you must have an environmental
+variable, NNTPSERVER, set. In normal operation it would be exported into
+the environment by a startup file, like <filename>/etc/profile</filename>
+or <filename>~/.bashrc</filename>. Here we will just put it into the
+environment of the configuration step. We will use the
+<acronym>LFS</acronym> news server in this example, but you should use
+whatever server you prefer.</para>
+
+<para>Create the <filename>$HOME/.jnewsrc</filename> file with the following
 command:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput><command>slrn -f $HOME/.jnewsrc --create</command></userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput><command>NNTPSERVER=news.linuxfromscratch.org \
+    slrn -f $HOME/.jnewsrc --create</command></userinput></screen>
 
 </sect3>