tin defaults to a local newsspool

[Koos van den Hout]

Binary package hint: tin

When I start tin from the command-line as-is (just 'tin') it defaults to a local newsspool. In the average modern setup the newsserver is remote via nntp, so I always have to type 'tin -r'.

Please compile tin as package with NNTP support default on (or offer an nntp-tin package).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 2 13:35:45 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: tin 1:1.9.2+20070201-1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: tin
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-27-server x86_64

[urs (urs-tin)]

If the binary is invoked as rtin it wont try to read from local spool, you could also set the environment var TINRC to "-r" so you don't have to type in the -r every time.