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 2 077b610e 2002-01-23 alex                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
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 4 5170ecf0 2003-03-09 alex                       (c)2001-2003 by Alexander Barton,
 5 077b610e 2002-01-23 alex                     alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/
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 7 5170ecf0 2003-03-09 alex                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
 8 5170ecf0 2003-03-09 alex                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
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10 077b610e 2002-01-23 alex                     -- FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions --
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13 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex I. General
14 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex ~~~~~~~~~~
15 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex Q: Is it possible to link the ngIRCd with non-ngIRCd servers?
16 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex A: Yes. ngIRCd is compatible to the original ircd used by IRCNet. Actually
17 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    this is being tested with version 2.10.3p3.
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19 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex Q: Is there a homepage with further information and downloads?
20 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex A: Yes. Please visit <http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/>.
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22 c5f4e9d0 2003-04-29 goetz Q: Why should I use ngIRCd instead of the original one?
23 c5f4e9d0 2003-04-29 goetz A: ngIRCd offers several benefits: no problems with dynamic IPs, easy to
24 c5f4e9d0 2003-04-29 goetz    configure, open source (GPL), under active development.
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27 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex II. Compilation
28 077b610e 2002-01-23 alex ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
29 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex Q: I did a "CVS checkout" but can't execute ./configure because the script
30 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    is missing in the generated directory!?
31 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex A: When using development versions via CVS, the configure script as well as
32 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    the Makefile.in templates must be generated using GNU automake and GNU
33 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    autoconf. To simplify this task run the ./autogen.sh script which will
34 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    execute the required tools for you; then continue with executing the
35 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    ./configure script as usual.
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37 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex Q: The ./autogen.sh script complains "aclocal: command not found".
38 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex A: GNU automake is missing on your system but required for building CVS
39 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    versions of ngIRCd. Install GNU automake 1.6 or later and try again.
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41 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex Q: The ./autogen.sh script stops with "autoheader: command not found".
42 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex A: GNU autoconf is missing on your system but required for building CVS
43 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    versions of ngIRCd. Install GNU autoconf 2.52 or later and try again.
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45 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex Q: The ./autogen.sh script fails and the message "automake: configure.in:
46 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE must be used" is displayed.
47 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex A: Most probably you are using version 1.5 of GNU automake which seems to be
48 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    incompatible to the build system of ngIRCd. Solution: upgrade to at least
49 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    version 1.6 of GNU automake.
50 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    (If you are using Debian 3.0 "Woody" you can try to downgrade to version
51 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    1.4 of GNU automake shipped with this distribution; it should work, too.)
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54 b0482db9 2002-02-19 alex III. Bugs!?
55 b0482db9 2002-02-19 alex ~~~~~~~~~~~
56 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex Q: Is there a list of known bugs and desired feature enhancements?
57 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex A: Yes. Have a look at the bug tracking system (Bugzilla) for ngIRCd located
58 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    at <http://arthur.ath.cx/bugzilla/ngircd/>. There you can file bug reports
59 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    and feature requests as well as search the bug database.
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61 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex Q: What should I do if I found a bug?
62 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex A: Please file a bug report at <http://arthur.ath.cx/bugzilla/ngircd/>!
63 a93b4d97 2003-04-05 alex    The author of the particular component will be notified automagically :-)
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66 077b610e 2002-01-23 alex -- 
67 2978b5ed 2003-11-07 alex $Id: FAQ.txt,v 1.7 2003/11/07 21:32:15 alex Exp $