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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: compiling tin-1.22
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 02:53:36 GMT

Ollivier Robert (Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr) wrote:
:     [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
: 
: In article <845895025.19074.0@blinx.wms.co.uk>,
: Darryl Bowler <darrylb@blinx.lizard.org> wrote:
: > How do I solve this problem?? My knownledge of C is pretty limited, is it
: > a simpile case of just changing the type for `sys_errlist'??
: 
: Fairly classical problem with old programs. Just wipe the line or use the
: FreeBSD ports in /usr/ports/news/tin. It has been upgraded to use new
: unsupported beta versions.

Note that the latest (961020) version of the Unofficial Beta at
akk.uni-karlsruhe.de has certain fixes for FreeBSD porting at the top of the
CHANGES file accompanying.