Installing news on SCO Xenix 386

[Bob Leffler]

In article <428 at holston.UUCP>, barton at holston.UUCP (barton) writes:
> In article <12680 at well.UUCP>, llz at well.UUCP (Lyle Zumbach) writes:
> > Version 2.3.1.  The software seems to compile just fine, but when
> > I try to run readnews or postnews I get the following error:
> > readnews: Segmentation violation -- Core dumped
> I have been getting the same error for some time. We are running
> the binaries sco distributed free. It seems to manifest itself
> on our system (286 sco 2.2.1/5MEG Ram) whenever there are new
> directories created in the news SPOOLDIR in large numbers.
> Can anyone tell me what is actually causing this problem? Any
> suggested permanent solutions. Apparently, since 386's are

I've been running 2.11.17 version on Xenix/286 2.2.1 without a hitch.
I will admit that I use vnews instead of readnews, which might 
explain why I never have seen the error.

For those interested, I ran 2.11.14 on Xenix/86 for a couple  years
without any major problems. (except cpu cycles :^)  )

bob


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