Package: slrn Version: 1.0.2-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
Using dpkg-reconfigure and answering yes to the question regarding downloading group descriptions from the server resulted in the following error: slrn 1.0.2 Loading /usr/share/slrn/slang/slrn.sl Reading startup file /etc/news/slrn.rc. Reading startup file /etc/news/slrn.rc. Using newsrc file /var/lib/slrn/newsgroups for server news.aioe.org. Connecting to host news.aioe.org ... Connected to host. Posting ok.slrn fatal error: Unable to create newsgroup description file: /var/lib/slrn/newsgroups.dsc To resolve I had to change the group ownership of /var/lib/slrn from root to news and give the news group write permission in this directory: drwxrwxr-x 2 root news 4096 Oct 10 08:52 slrn/ This resulted in slrn successfully downloading and writing the descriptions: slrn 1.0.2 Loading /usr/share/slrn/slang/slrn.sl Reading startup file /etc/news/slrn.rc. Reading startup file /etc/news/slrn.rc. Using newsrc file /var/lib/slrn/newsgroups for server news.aioe.org. Connecting to host news.aioe.org ... Connected to host. Posting ok. Creating description file /var/lib/slrn/newsgroups.dsc. Getting newsgroup descriptions from server. The group descriptions were successfully retrieved. - Nate -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages slrn depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.53 ii libc6 2.19-11 ii libcanlock2 2b-6 ii libgnutls-deb0-28 3.3.8-2 ii libgnutls-openssl27 3.3.8-2 ii libslang2 2.3.0-1 ii libuu0 0.5.20-3.4 slrn recommends no packages. Versions of packages slrn suggests: pn slrnpull <none> -- Configuration Files: /etc/default/slrn changed: GETDESCS='cron job' INTERVAL=7 -- debconf information: * slrn/getdescs: cron job * shared/mailname: n0nb.us * shared/news/server: news.aioe.org * slrn/getdescs_now: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
