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@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
(require 'nnoo)
(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
+;; Probably this entire thing should be obsolete.
+;; It's only used to init nnspool-spool-directory, so why not just
+;; set that variable's default directly?
+(defvar news-directory (if (file-exists-p "/usr/spool/news/")
+ "/usr/spool/news/"
+ "/var/spool/news/")
+ "The root directory below which all news files are stored.")
+(defvaralias 'news-path 'news-directory)
+
(nnoo-declare nnspool)
(defvoo nnspool-inews-program news-inews-program