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From: roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert)
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Subject: Re: /var/spool/news vs /var/news, need summary.
To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes)
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 23:38:01 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: ports@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199506301826.LAA13442@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Jun 30, 95 11:26:48 am
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> a)  What was the final outcome?  Do all our ports use /var/news or
>     /var/spool/news.

INN:

if [ -d /var/spool/news ] && [ ! -d /var/news ]
then
        NEWSDIR=/var/spool/news
else
        NEWSDIR=/var/news
fi

CNEWS:

+ newsarts="/var/news"

So I guess it is /var/news. Personnally I use /news. Go figure :-)

For both INN and CNEWS, it would be nice to put Overview data outside the
news spool (i.e. in /var/news/over.view instead of /var/news) as it will
speed up reading overview data (look in the INN FAQ).

> b)  Was there a majority of the ports that used one over the other?  And
>     was this majority value the same as our final value?

Don't remember.

> c)  Was the decision and resulting patches to make this consistent sent
>     to the original ports source?

Dunno.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT     -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-     roberto@FreeBSD.ORG
FreeBSD keltia 2.0-BUILT-19950503 #3: Wed May  3 19:53:04 MET DST 1995