on linux right now, we still use ~/.newsrc-<host> even after migration. this needs to be fixed. we need to do these things: 1) copy ~/.newsrc-<host> to ~/.mozilla/News/newsrc-<host> on migration 2) allow the user to change the newsrc file pref in the account setup dialog one bad bug right now is if you have more than on 5.0 profile, they each point to $HOME/.newsrc-<host> this is also need for when I start writing out changes to the newsrc file, I don;t want to mess up the real 4.x rc files.

marking m13

Putting on PDT- radar. This is a BETA must fix. Spoke with phil.

working on this now.

fixed. the next time you run -installer, your ~/.newsrc-<host> files will get copied into ~/.mozilla/<profile>/News/newsrc-<host> (notice, no ".", no need to hide files that aren't in $HOME) then, when the pref migration happens, we'll look in ~/.mozilla/<profile>/News/ for all files that start with "newsrc-" this fixes several problems, including: 1) new profiles on linux were sharing the newsrc files in $HOME, now they wont. 2) subscribing to new newsgroups in 5.x was affection 4.x, since it used the same rc files. marking fixed.

OK using jan03 linux commercial build. OK for migrated profile. OK for new profiles. OK for multiple profiles, combo of migrated and added/new profiles.