** Changed in: slrn (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Triaged
** Summary changed:
- Man page says default dir for slrnrc should be HOME, but it isn't.
+ Man page doesn't explicitly state that system config is always used
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Man page doesn't explicitly state that system config is always used
I think the confusion reported is that the man page doesn't specify that
the system-wide rc file is always read, regardless of the presence of
the user's .slrnrc or the use of the -i command-line flag.
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Man page says default dir for slrnrc should be HOME, but it isn't.
https://bugs.launchpad.ne
I think this is fairly well explained in the man page:
$HOME/.slrnrc
User-specific configuration file.
config_dir/slrn.rc
System-wide configuration file. config_dir is set at compile time
(/usr/local/etc by default).
Right after .slrnc in the FILES sect
Thanks for taking the time to report this. From my reading of the
source, slrn will always read slrn.rc in /etc first. This file is for
settings that are appropriate for all users on the computer (such as the
correct news server, etc). The slrnrc file in your home directory is
read after that, and
** Summary changed:
- Man page says default fir for slrnrc should be HOME, but it isn't.
+ Man page says default dir for slrnrc should be HOME, but it isn't.
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Man page says default dir for slrnrc should be HOME, but it isn't.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404602
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