Subj : Latest version for linux?
To   : Mike Powell
From : Bob Seaborn
Date : Sat Feb 18 2017 06:54 pm

> What is the latest version of Internet Rex for linux?
>
> I got a hold of a version 2.31 not too long ago.  I installed it, but
> itwill not run.  It keeps giving me a "segmentation fault," which, in
> researching on the interwebs, seems to mean there is a code error.  As
> IREX
> is not open source, there is no way for me to fix that one, if that is
> right.
>
> The version I have on my OS/2 box is 2.29, which I assume is the latest
> version for that platform.


As I understand things, any version above 2.29 (irregardless of OS) is most
likely a very unstable beta.  Irex is NOT open source, nor is the source code
available, although I have been assured by the author that the source is NOT
lost.  I understand that 'life' got in the way of it's development, so the
project got shelved.



>
> I would like to get IREX working on my debian box so that I can finish
> moving the board to that box & finally retire the OS/2 box.
>
> The other alternative is to get a few email lists that I am porting into
> my
> echos moved from IREX to another package.  That is really all I am using
> it
> for now... well, that and FTN ftp connections that I have not been able
> to
> get working using fidopoll.


All *I* use irex for is the binkd protocol, nothing else, and 2.29 has been
rock stable her for many years under OS/2.  *I* never saw any need for any
other use of iRex on my system.







                      .....Bob

--- GEcho/32 & IM 2.50
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