Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: trn4
I'm running trn4 under Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid).
* trn reports its version (typed 'v') as: Trn version: 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001).
* synaptic reports the installed version as: 4.0-test76-15
* apt-cache policy trn4 reports:
trn4:
Installed: 4.0-test76-15
Candidate: 4.0-test76-15
Version table:
*** 4.0-test76-15 0
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
The trn manpage in the distribution describes how trn, after checking
for new newsgroups etc, enters the newsgroup selection level:
| 5. Trn goes into the top prompt level -- the
| newsgroup-selection level.
|
| Newsgroup Selection Level
|
| In this section the words "next" and "previous" refer to the
| ordering of the newsgroups in your .newsrc file. On the
| newsgroup-selection level, the prompt looks like this:
|
| ====== 17 unread articles in talk.blurfl -- read now? [ynq]
This is wrong - by default, trn4 comes up with a 'visual' selector
for newsgroups. Users can quit this visual selector and return to
the rn-style read-this-newsgroup-now prompt by hitting 'Q'.
A google search revealed a defunct but cached page (possibly from the trn4
source - the defunct URL ended with "trn-4.0-test76/HelpFiles/changelog")
with the explanation:
| Changes from trn 3.6 to trn 4.0:
|
| o Added a newsgroup selector to make choosing news groups easier
| (use the ++ option to turn it off).
The command-line '++' option works (it starts trn with the old-skool
newsgroup selector) but it isn't mentioned anywhere in the trn manpage.
Correcting the manpage would save others from a similar wild goose chase.
[ first time I've used launchpad - in the event its bug reporting system
mangles line breaks, the above text can be viewed at:
http://f2.org/tmp/trn4-manpage-bug.txt ]
Cheers,
-Fred Curtis.
** Affects: trn4 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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trn(1) wrongly says newsgroup selector starts in prompt mode
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319460
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