From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 17 10:36:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from earth.wnm.net (earth.wnm.net [208.246.240.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB5637B673 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:36:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alex@wnm.net) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by earth.wnm.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA02729; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 12:36:15 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 12:36:14 -0600 (CST) From: Alex Charalabidis To: Ivan Fetch Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Irc server package dumps core In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Ivan Fetch wrote: > Hello, > I am speaking of the IRC package, irc2.10.1.tgz, in /cdrom/packages/ircfor > FreeBSD 3.4-release. > > Thanks - Ivan. > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Alex Charalabidis wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Ivan Fetch wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > Has anyone experienced the irc server which comes with FreeBSD Release > > > 3.4 dumping core about 1 to 2 seconds after it is started? > > > > > Which ircd? There's more than one in ports. > > That package is old. Version 2.10.1 had at least one critical bug, never mind the minor ones. Get 2.10.3 from ftp.irc.org or ftp.asu.net. Personally, ircd is one thing I'd avoid installing from ports/packages anyway. There are so many configuration options and possible tweaks that you'll want to build it yourself - everyone likes different settings so the package maintainer's options are unlikely to suit you. If they don't, you'll end up building it yourself anyway so you might as well do it from the beginning. 2.10.3 *will* build and run on practically any FreeBSD setup without problems. Core dumps often indicate a configuration problem rather an actual software bug. hth -ac -- ========================================================== Alex Charalabidis * Systems Administrator * WebNet Memphis 5050 Poplar Ave Ste 170 * Memphis, TN 38157 * 901-432-6000 Author, The Book of IRC * http://www.bookofirc.com/ ========================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message