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Bug#2366: Pine fails to use /etc/news/server (from Bug#933)



Package: pine
Version: 3.91-4

When configuring its setup for newsreading (and/or posting) Pine
should read /etc/news/server to try to find an NNTP server to use, and
copy it into the pine.conf.  Only if /etc/news/server doesn't exist
Pine should prompt the user, and having established a sensible value
it should store it in both /etc/news/server and pine.conf.

That it doesn't do this is a contravention of the packaging
guidelines (which say that it ought to use shared configuration files
like /etc/news/server where appropriate).

I'm reporting this bug separately so that it can be discussed without
confusion.

Ian.


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