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  • Re: building Binkley

    From Edmund Wong@1:153/7083 to Alan Ianson on Wed Nov 17 15:17:06 2021
    Hi Alan,

    I'm attempting to build Binkley on my Slackware 14.2 system and am getting the following error:

    I built BinkleyTerm quite a few years ago now also on slackware but it might have been 14.1. I built the 2.60 version from BSRC_260.ZIP. I
    never tried the extended versions.

    Wow! A Fellow slacker! Excellent!

    But yeah, re missing file, I'm confused as to where that file's supposed to
    be from.

    I'm also trying to build Maximus but that might be a tad bit harder and don't ask me about timEd. ;P

    Edmund

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/32)
    * Origin: Eagle's BBS (1:153/7083)
  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384 to Edmund Wong on Wed Nov 17 23:20:04 2021
    Hi! Edmund,

    On 17 Nov 2021, Edmund Wong said the following...

    But yeah, re missing file, I'm confused as to where that file's supposed to be from.

    I did some hunting & backtracking and side-stepping tonight, and may have
    found a clue. 'Fidoconfig' is an important core element of the Husky
    project. (Alan may be aware of it.) The sources I poked at (without any understanding) seemed the sort of thing a Fidonet mailer might need to use.

    Cheers,
    Paul.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/32)
    * Origin: Quinn's Rock vBox - sunny-side up on the desktop (3:640/1384)
  • From Edmund Wong@1:153/7083 to Paul Quinn on Wed Nov 17 21:35:32 2021
    Hi Paul,

    I did some hunting & backtracking and side-stepping tonight, and may have found a clue. 'Fidoconfig' is an important core element of the Husky project. (Alan may be aware of it.) The sources I poked at (without any understanding) seemed the sort of thing a Fidonet mailer might need to use.

    Nice sleuthing there. Will grab the Husky project source and take a gander.

    Thanks!

    Edmund
    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/32)
    * Origin: Eagle's BBS (1:153/7083)
  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Paul Quinn on Wed Nov 17 12:33:46 2021
    Hello Paul,

    I did some hunting & backtracking and side-stepping tonight, and may
    have found a clue. 'Fidoconfig' is an important core element of the
    Husky project. (Alan may be aware of it.) The sources I poked at (without any understanding) seemed the sort of thing a Fidonet mailer might need to use.

    I first thought of husky when I saw fidoconfig. The fidoconfig library is needed by all modules of the husky project and needs to be built and installed before any of them will build.

    I'm not aware of BinkleyTerm or any mailer using it though, I'm not sure what that is about.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing
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  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384 to Alan Ianson on Thu Nov 18 07:36:48 2021
    Hi! Alan,

    On 17 Nov 2021, Alan Ianson said the following...

    I first thought of husky when I saw fidoconfig. The fidoconfig library
    is needed by all modules of the husky project and needs to be built and installed before any of them will build.

    I didn't think of it till later. Just 'slow'. I started to recognise that some of the team members might have had some connection with the early stages of Husky. Mind you, there is no sign of either Husky or Linux in any of
    thedox I consulted.

    I'm not aware of BinkleyTerm or any mailer using it though, I'm not sure what that is about.

    Fidoconfig seemed to provide tools to deal with a .MSG base. It's the sort
    of thing that a dinosaur mailer like BT would need. Just a guess.

    I need chocolate...

    Cheers,
    Paul.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/32)
    * Origin: Quinn's Rock vBox - sunny-side up on the desktop (3:640/1384)