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 --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .