From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 18 21:59:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from vail.net (vail.net [199.45.148.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0582037BB6B for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:59:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ivanfetch@technologist.com) Received: from gatekeeper.cfcc.com (cfcc.com [204.144.216.251]) by vail.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA17376; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 22:54:32 -0700 (MST) Received: from ibis.ivanfetch.tzo.com (168.191.173.20 [168.191.173.20]) by gatekeeper.cfcc.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id FB03WKB3; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 23:03:21 -0700 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 22:57:44 -0700 (MST) From: Ivan Fetch X-Sender: ifetch@ibis.ivanfetch.tzo.com To: Alex Charalabidis 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 Hi, I agree with you (in terms of IRCD's configuration options not meeting everyone's needs, and recompiling it on one's own). I needed a quick fix, and the port from 3.4-release workked great for me. Thank You Ivan Fetch. On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Alex Charalabidis wrote: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message