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There are two problems. I don't think either are specific
to B5.1 and B5.6, but it is possible.
First, the fact that HyperNews
is attempting to use the Socket code and failing means
there is something wrong with the socket code on your
installation of Perl. I'd don't know what that would be,
but try a newer version of Perl. 5.002 works pretty well
I understand. If you fix this, the second problem may
not be so much of a problem, but your system will be
slower than it needs to be due to the extra fetches.
Second, the fact that HyperNews is attempting to use the
Socket code in the first place is probably not right.
It does so when it tries to fetch the URL for the body
of the message via http rather than get it directly
via the file system. Several things might be
causing this. Did you change from using get to
get.cgi, or vice versa? (This deficiency will be resolved
later.) We changed how the body URLs are stored, but
I thought that we handle all other eventualities now.
You could help me figure this out by changing the line
in sub printURL in hnview.pl that reads:
local $debug = 0;
to
local $debug = 1;
And send me the result of doing what fails.
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Socket problem 
Help - I cant get B5.6 to use B5.1 articles
(Robert Thompson)
