Subj : BinkD and SRIF
To : Eric Renfro
From : mark lewis
Date : Sun Sep 06 2015 01:42 pm
06 Sep 15 02:59, you wrote to me:
ML>>>> IIRC, there are some perl or bash scripts to handle FREQs via
ML>>>> binkd... check question 17 in the posted FAQ...
ER>>> Hmmm. Looks like FAQ question 16, not 17. :)
ML>> sounds like you have an old FAQ... i had asked for and someone
ML>> finally did split 16 into two parts, 16 and 17... this because 16 is
ML>> for /how/ to make a request and 17 is for how to /service/ a
ML>> request... the FAQ is posted at least once a month in the BINKD
ML>> support echo ;)
ER> Probably the FAQ for BinkD 1.0.4, as it was what was on their website
ER> directly.
might be... i update my local copy from the 4 part posting in the BINKD echo...
i save them all to the same filename and then edit out the headers and
footers...
[...]
ML>> if you would like a copy of the srifreq file, let me know and i'll
ML>> send it over...
ER> I just downloaded the latest snapshot for binkd 1.1a73, so I'll be
checking
ER> it out. I already made an updated .spec file for use with the new alpha,
ER> and just checking it to make sure I have it packaging up everything
proper.
ER> I'm likely to upgrade, if it doesn't break anything. Because I'm packing,
I
ER> can upgrade and roll back if it does break things, rather easily.
there ya go :)
ML>> as for the versions of binkd, i have a couple of *nix boxen here...
ML>> one is running the packaged binkd for it, another is running a
ML>> slightly newer version from a repo snapshot and a 3rd one actually
ML>> has a clone/fork of the repo and gets a new version when i decide to
ML>> pull the latest updates and compile them...
ER> Yep. I'm packing everything my BBS runs into RPM packages that I can
ER> install and upgrade/downgrade as needed to maintain them. One of the
ER> many reasons I prefer CentOS/Fedora over Debian/Ubuntu, is the simple
ER> .spec file format is just the best and easiest to maintain. And to me,
ER> makes more sense. :)
i don't even mess with any of that stuff... i have things that i do not want
installed system wide and others that are OK for that... if i have the sources
i can decide how i want it installed and put it where i want it to be ;)
)\/(ark
... Cats took thousands of years to domesticate humans
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