Subj : Bug report
To   : Roy Witt
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sat Mar 17 2012 11:49 am

Hello Roy,

On Friday March 16 2012 03:55, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> 1) It occasionally crashes when a specific node or some
 MvdV>> specific nodes call in. Roy can confirm that, as his system
 MvdV>> used to crash when I called him.

 RW> I think that was an earlier version, since it hasn't happened since
 RW> the time your log-in here crashed the system.

My main Fido system hads been running the latest official release which is 
2.29. That version is over a decade old.

It still occasionally crashes on this side. I use the following workaround:

=== Cut ===

:loop
del \sema\*.0
rexw -daemon
choice /C:yn /T:n,5 Quit Rex
if errorlevel 2 goto loop

=== Cut ===

So whe Irex terminates, normally or abnormally, it restarts in 5 seconds, 
unless I push the "y" key.

When I gave up hope that it will ever be fixed, I have stopped keeping track of 
when and how it happens, but I know that it still crashes now and then.

 MvdV>> 2) When entering a new node in the node manager it reads the
 MvdV>> nodelist, But it only finds the host name if it is in the
 MvdV>> system name field. It does not find it when the host name is a
 MvdV>> parameter after the protocol flag or the INA flag.

 RW> Correct.

I have also created a work around for that, but it is less of an annoyance, as 
I do not enter new nodes in the node manager any more. Actually, removing a 
node that left FidoNet happens more often...

 MvdV>> 3) A parameter after a protocol flag is always interpreted as a
 MvdV>> port number. Even if it clearly is not.

 MvdV>> 4) When no host name is in the system name field, it will try
 MvdV>> the f.n.z.fidonet.net method. This is not overridable and the
 MvdV>> domain is not configurable.

 RW> It can be user (sysop) written in binkp to use anything but the
 RW> fnz.fidonet.net addressing system.

I know. But not Irex...

 MvdV>> 8) No IPv6

 RW> [Version update]

 MvdV>> I have been waiting for a decade, my patience has run out.

 RW> Same here.

With the next major system upgrade I will switch to binkd I think.


Cheers, Michiel

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