BinkD on 64 bit CentOS 6.4

[RJ Clay]

Hi All!

I plan to work on an updated Debian package but I'm not quite set back up
again after moving so I haven't been able to start on that as yet In the mean
time, though, I do have a 64 bit CentOS 6.4 vps system to experiment with and
I've installed BinkD 1.0.2 on it.

- Compile was done manually in /usr/local/src/binkd-1.0.2 (no spec file that I
could find...); noticed that the man page wasn't set correctly in the
Makefile: "/man/man8" instead of something like "/usr/local/share/man/man8").
- The Perl functionality is one of the things I want to experiment with but I
noticed that the --with-perl option is not on by default. Redid the compile
with that enabled which appeared to have worked but the "-vv" output doesn't
show it as present:

$ /usr/local/sbin/binkd -vv
Binkd 1.0.2 (Aug 25 2013 15:46:51/Linux)
Compilation flags: gcc, zlib, bzlib2.
Facilities: fsp1035 ipv6




Jame

[mark lewis]

On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, RJ Clay wrote to All:

RC> - Compile was done manually in /usr/local/src/binkd-1.0.2 (no spec
RC> file that I could find...); noticed that the man page wasn't set
RC> correctly in the Makefile: "/man/man8" instead of something like
RC> "/usr/local/share/man/man8"). - The Perl functionality is one of
RC> the things I want to experiment with but I noticed that the
RC> --with-perl option is not on by default. Redid the compile with
RC> that enabled which appeared to have worked but the "-vv" output
RC> doesn't show it as present:

have you tried to see if the example perl script that comes with actually
executes?

)\/(ark

[RJ Clay]

mark,

25 Aug 13 19:05, you wrote to me:

ml> On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, RJ Clay wrote to All:

RC>> - The Perl functionality is one of the things I want to experiment
RC>> with but I noticed that the --with-perl option is not on by default.
RC>> Redid the compile with that enabled which appeared to have
RC>> worked but the "-vv" output doesn't show it as present:

ml> have you tried to see if the example perl script that comes with
ml> actually executes?

You mean, misc/nodelist.pl? (which is the only one I found...) Not as yet,
but that will be something I'll be trying when next I get a chance to work on
it.




Jame

[mark lewis]

On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, RJ Clay wrote to mark lewis:

RC>> - The Perl functionality is one of the things I want to
RC>> experiment with but I noticed that the --with-perl option is not
RC>> on by default. Redid the compile with that enabled which
RC>> appeared to have worked but the "-vv" output doesn't show it as
RC>> present:

ml> have you tried to see if the example perl script that comes with
ml> actually executes?

RC> You mean, misc/nodelist.pl? (which is the only one I found...)
RC> Not as yet, but that will be something I'll be trying when next I
RC> get a chance to work on it.

yeah... that's the only one that comes with AFAIK... i'm not exactly sure what
it does, though...

aside: do you have a time frame for when the i-binkd nodelist will be
distributed again? the last one i received is dated 2013 05 24... i-argus, on
the other hand, seems to be being updated... i don't carry i-transx or
inodelst...

)\/(ark

[RJ Clay]

mark,

26 Aug 13 13:08, you wrote to me:

ml> aside: do you have a time frame for when the i-binkd nodelist will be
ml> distributed again? the last one i received is dated 2013 05 24...

I'm looking in to that... (I know what the immediate cause was; need to
figure out what's causing that...<g>)



Jame

[mark lewis]

On Mon, 26 Aug 2013, RJ Clay wrote to mark lewis:

ml> aside: do you have a time frame for when the i-binkd nodelist will
ml> be distributed again? the last one i received is dated 2013 05
ml> 24...

RC> I'm looking in to that... (I know what the immediate cause was;
RC> need to figure out what's causing that...<g>)

mmmmmmm... ok :?

)\/(ark

[RJ Clay]

mark,

26 Aug 13 20:49, you wrote to me:

ml> On Mon, 26 Aug 2013, RJ Clay wrote to mark lewis:

RC>> I'm looking in to that... (I know what the immediate cause was;

The script that does the creation of a new BINKD.TXT file runs on Fridays
and first checks if there is a nodelist file present with that day number; if
one is not present, it doesn't do anything else.


RC>> need to figure out what's causing that...<g>)

ml> mmmmmmm... ok :?

The last 'new' nodelist file where the script looks for them was for day
144 (24 May), so that was the last time it actually created an updated
BINKD.TXT file. And so I'll need to work on what happened to the process that
is supposed to be updating the nodelist files every week. (And now that I'm
back to having a reliable internet connection, which I need in order to get to
this system, I'll be able to do that...)




Jame

[mark lewis]

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013, RJ Clay wrote to mark lewis:

RC>> I'm looking in to that... (I know what the immediate cause was;

RC> The script that does the creation of a new BINKD.TXT file runs
RC> on Fridays and first checks if there is a nodelist file present
RC> with that day number; if one is not present, it doesn't do
RC> anything else.

ahhh... yes, i have a perl script here that creates one... since janis is
releasing new nodelists every day now, i fixed up something to feed it so that
a new binkd.txt is created every time a new nodelist appears but it is still
based on the DOY (Day of Year) value...

RC>> need to figure out what's causing that...<g>)

ml> mmmmmmm... ok :?

RC> The last 'new' nodelist file where the script looks for them was
RC> for day 144 (24 May), so that was the last time it actually
RC> created an updated BINKD.TXT file. And so I'll need to work on
RC> what happened to the process that is supposed to be updating the
RC> nodelist files every week. (And now that I'm back to having a
RC> reliable internet connection, which I need in order to get to this
RC> system, I'll be able to do that...)

do what you have to do :) i just happened to notice because a couple of my
other machines were behind in their updates... they can't use the same file
that my main machine creates without other fluff having to be performed...
although, that did just give me an idea that i might implement at least on a
net basis... i'll have to think about that...

)\/(ark

[RJ Clay]

Hi All!

25 Aug 13 17:43, I wrote to all:

RC> - Compile was done manually in /usr/local/src/binkd-1.0.2 (no spec
RC> file that I could find...);

And I see that there does appear to be an RPM spec file available; I may
redo the install using that. (One of the main reasons I'm running the CentOS
instance is to learn more about RPM packaging...)


Jame