Re: (0.27) sgnus doesn't even try to connect to server <fixed>

[Dan Lewi Harkestad <d.l.harkestad@labmed.uio.no>]

>I just installed 0.27 (upgrading from 0.26), and tried to run it. It
>gets as far as the opening "gnu" screen, then gives me the following
>error message in the minibuffer:
>
>agate open error: ''. Continue (y or n)

It seems like some code was removed from nntp.el sometimes during
Christmas break, specifically the code providing for external
tcp-processes (like the method Emacs on OS/2 uses). Anyway, after
checking the diffs between nntp.el for version 0.26 and 0.27, I've
added some code from 0.26. It seems to work pretty well.

I hope it helps.

Dan Lewi Harkestad

*** nntp.el.orig	Tue Jan 16 21:38:22 1996
--- nntp.el	Thu Jan 18 13:27:40 1996
***************
*** 1080,1085 ****
--- 1080,1090 ----
    "Open connection to news server on SERVER by SERVICE (default is nntp)."
    (let (proc)
      (save-excursion
+       ;; Use TCP/IP stream emulation package if needed.
+       (or (fboundp 'open-network-stream)
+ 	  (require 'tcp))
+       ;; Initialize communication buffer.
+       (nnheader-init-server-buffer)
        (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
        (cond
         ((setq proc


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