Subj : Re: Compiling binkD fun in Linux
To   : Paul Quinn
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Tue Apr 12 2016 08:31 pm

Hello Paul,

On 13 Apr 16 08:57, Paul Quinn wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 PQ>>> Linux: 2.6.25.16.

 NB>> I couldn't even tell you if your kernel supports IPv6, as that's
 NB>> fairly old now. Kernel versions are up in the 4.5.x.x range now.

 PQ> Quite old, for sure.  My bad.  I'm just flogging a dev environment I
 PQ> took great pains to build years back.  I have a couple of USB boot
 PQ> sticks with later Puppies, which is its usual user environment, but I
 PQ> wouldn't trust any of those to run Fido.

Are you talking about those specific USB boot sticks? Or newer versions of 
Puppy Linux in general? I would think they're a lot more secure nowadays than 
they were back then?

 PQ>>> last compiled binary did _not_ mention IPv6 capability.

 NB>> Did you try compiling the latest binkd sources without IPv6
 NB>> support?

 PQ> Honestly, I didn't even think of it.  Thanks.  I will try that after I
 PQ> have my daredevil suit re-pressed.  ;)

Hah. Hopefully it's as easy as that.

 PQ> Thank you kindly, Nick.

Welp, can't guarantee I'm right on any of it. But no worries! :)

Regards,
Nick

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