January 2014 - ngIRCd Users

ngIRCd 21 still running fine on PowerPC 750, OS X 10.3.9
by Götz Hoffart 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

iBook G3/800: jadzia:~/ngircd-21 goetz$ sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.3.9 BuildVersion: 7W98 jadzia:~/ngircd-21 goetz$ uname -a Darwin jadzia.local 7.9.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc jadzia:~/ngircd-21 goetz$ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1671) [] ngIRCd 21 has been configured with the following options: Host: powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0 Compiler: gcc -std=gnu99 Compiler flags: -g -O2 -pipe -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -DSYSCONFDIR='"$(sysconfdir)"' -DDOCDIR='"$(docdir)"' Libraries: -lz 'ngircd' binary: /usr/local/sbin Configuration file: /usr/local/etc Manual pages: /usr/local/share/man Documentation: /usr/local/share/doc/ngircd Syslog support: yes Enable debug code: no zlib compression: yes IRC sniffer: no Use TCP Wrappers: no Strict RFC mode: no IDENT support: no IRC+ protocol: yes IPv6 protocol: no I/O backend: kqueue() PAM support: no SSL support: no libiconv support: no the executable works ("runs") as expected --+ tests run successfully ("make check") --+ | ngIRCd compiles ("make") --+ | | ./configure works --+ | | | | | | | Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R * --------------------------- ------------ ---------- -------- -------- - - - - - powerpc/apple/darwin7.9.0 gcc 3.3 21 14-01-11 goetz Y Y Y Y 3

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ngircd runs well but generates an error when run as a service
by John Bleichert 12 Jan '14

12 Jan '14

Hello, I am running ngircd on Debian stable. It is SSL enabled via Gnu_TLS and runs fine when run from the command line. However, attempting to start the server with service ngircd start or /etc/init.d/ngircd start generates an SSL error (see below). Any suggestions on how to get more debug data? I installed it as a binary package. Note that I have been running ngircd for years on FreeBSD (thanks!) but am new to running this on Debian. Note also that I am only running an SSL server at the moment, not a “plain” one. Error output is below. Should I take this up with the package maintainer? Thanks! John service ngircd start: Jan 11 13:59:18 boogie ngircd[9566]: ngircd 19.2-SYSLOG+ZLIB+SSL+IRCPLUS+IPv6-x86_64/pc/linux-gnu started. Jan 11 13:59:18 boogie ngircd[9566]: Using configuration file "/etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf" ... Jan 11 13:59:18 boogie ngircd[9566]: Warning: Error during SSL initialization, continuing ... Jan 11 13:59:18 boogie ngircd[9567]: Running as user irc(39), group irc(39), with PID 9567. Jan 11 13:59:18 boogie ngircd[9567]: Not running with changed root directory. Jan 11 13:59:18 boogie ngircd[9567]: IO subsystem: epoll (hint size 100, initial maxfd 100, masterfd 4). Jan 11 13:59:18 boogie ngircd[9567]: Created pre-defined channel "#syborg" Jan 11 13:59:18 boogie ngircd[9567]: Now listening on [192.168.1.120]:2431 (socket 8). command line: Jan 11 14:00:29 boogie ngircd[9714]: ngircd 19.2-SYSLOG+ZLIB+SSL+IRCPLUS+IPv6-x86_64/pc/linux-gnu started. Jan 11 14:00:29 boogie ngircd[9714]: Using configuration file "/etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf" ... Jan 11 14:00:29 boogie ngircd[9714]: gnutls 2.12.20 initialized. Jan 11 14:00:29 boogie ngircd[9715]: Running as user irc(39), group irc(39), with PID 9715. Jan 11 14:00:29 boogie ngircd[9715]: Not running with changed root directory. Jan 11 14:00:29 boogie ngircd[9715]: IO subsystem: epoll (hint size 100, initial maxfd 100, masterfd 4). Jan 11 14:00:29 boogie ngircd[9715]: Created pre-defined channel "#syborg" Jan 11 14:00:29 boogie ngircd[9715]: Now listening on [192.168.1.120]:2431 (socket 8). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Bleichert - syborg(a)earthlink.net The heat from below can burn your eyes out!

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ngIRCd 21~daily (38) on Linux 1.2.13 - works
by Goetz Hoffart 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

Cool! $ uname -a Linux susie.hoffart.de 1.2.13 #6 Sun Nov 5 02:50:37 MET 1995 i686 ngIRCd 21~38-ge2b85cc has been configured with the following options: Host: i686-pc-linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compiler flags: -g -O2 -pipe -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -DSYSCONFDIR='"$(sysconfdir)"' -DDOCDIR='"$(docdir)"' 'ngircd' binary: /usr/local/sbin Configuration file: /usr/local/etc Manual pages: /usr/local/share/man Documentation: /usr/local/share/doc/ngircd Syslog support: yes Enable debug code: no zlib compression: no IRC sniffer: no Use TCP Wrappers: no Strict RFC mode: no IDENT support: no IRC+ protocol: yes IPv6 protocol: no I/O backend: select() PAM support: no SSL support: no libiconv support: no platformtest.sh: Running "make check" ... ** WARNING: The vsnprintf() function of this system isn't standard ** conformant and returns a WRONG result: -1 (should be 12)! The test ** result has been ignored but may lead to errors during execution! the executable works ("runs") as expected --+ tests run successfully ("make check") --+ | ngIRCd compiles ("make") --+ | | ./configure works --+ | | | | | | | Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R * --------------------------- ------------ ---------- -------- -------- - - - - - i686/pc/linux-gnu 2.7.2 21~daily 14-01-06 goetz Y Y Y Y 1

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ngIRCd 21~daily on SuSE 12/95, Kernel 1.2.13
by Goetz Hoffart 05 Jan '14

05 Jan '14

After I read some wondering about gcc 2.8.x and its age in the IRC channel, I thought: now for something really old (at least for Linux): Linux kernel version 1.2.13 and GCC 2.7.2. GCC 1.x was not that common on Linux system, I'll try that on a SunOS-machine later. And ngIRCd works! The only problem: the automated tests: > platformtest.sh: Running "make check" ... > Oops, test for vsnprintf return code failed!? Here are the results: susie:~/ngircd-21~34-g4d4512c $ uname -a Linux susie.hoffart.de 1.2.13 #6 Sun Nov 5 02:50:37 MET 1995 i686 susie:~/ngircd-21~34-g4d4512c $ date Sat Jan 4 19:18:54 MET 2014 ngIRCd 21~34-g4d4512c has been configured with the following options: Host: i686-pc-linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compiler flags: -g -O2 -pipe -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -DSYSCONFDIR='"$(sysconfdir)"' -DDOCDIR='"$(docdir)"' 'ngircd' binary: /usr/local/sbin Configuration file: /usr/local/etc Manual pages: /usr/local/share/man Documentation: /usr/local/share/doc/ngircd Syslog support: yes Enable debug code: no zlib compression: no IRC sniffer: no Use TCP Wrappers: no Strict RFC mode: no IDENT support: no IRC+ protocol: yes IPv6 protocol: no I/O backend: select() PAM support: no SSL support: no libiconv support: no susie:~/ngircd-21~34-g4d4512c $ contrib/platformtest.sh platformtest.sh: Checking ngIRCd base source directory ... platformtest.sh: Checking for GIT tree ... platformtest.sh: Checking for "./configure" script ... platformtest.sh: Running "./configure" script ... platformtest.sh: Running "make" ... platformtest.sh: Running "make check" ... Oops, test for vsnprintf return code failed!? make[3]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1 make[2]: *** [check-am] Error 2 make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 the executable works ("runs") as expected --+ tests run successfully ("make check") --+ | ngIRCd compiles ("make") --+ | | ./configure works --+ | | | | | | | Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R * --------------------------- ------------ ---------- -------- -------- - - - - - i686/pc/linux-gnu 2.7.2 21~daily 14-01-04 goetz Y Y N Y 1 Regards Götz

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ngIRCd 21 on PowerPC G4, OS X 10.5.8
by Götz Hoffart 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

$ uname -a Darwin PowerBook-G4-12.local 9.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:57:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh $ date Sa 4 Jan 2014 18:38:20 CET $ sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.5.8 BuildVersion: 9L31a $ system_profiler […] hw.model: PowerBook6,8 hw.memsize: 1342177280 hw.machine: Power Macintosh hw.ncpu: 1 ngIRCd 21 has been configured with the following options: Host: powerpc-apple-darwin9.8.0 Compiler: gcc -std=gnu99 Compiler flags: -g -O2 -pipe -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -fstack-protector -DSYSCONFDIR='"$(sysconfdir)"' -DDOCDIR='"$(docdir)"' Libraries: -lz 'ngircd' binary: /usr/local/sbin Configuration file: /usr/local/etc Manual pages: /usr/local/share/man Documentation: /usr/local/share/doc/ngircd Syslog support: yes Enable debug code: no zlib compression: yes IRC sniffer: no Use TCP Wrappers: no Strict RFC mode: no IDENT support: no IRC+ protocol: yes IPv6 protocol: no I/O backend: kqueue() PAM support: no SSL support: no libiconv support: no the executable works ("runs") as expected --+ tests run successfully ("make check") --+ | ngIRCd compiles ("make") --+ | | ./configure works --+ | | | | | | | Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R * --------------------------- ------------ ---------- -------- -------- - - - - - powerpc/apple/darwin9.8.0 gcc 4.0.1 21 14-01-04 goetz Y Y Y Y 3

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