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Revision 9 (Pierre-Louis Bonicoli, 2012-01-28 11:55) → Revision 10/11 (Pierre-Louis Bonicoli, 2012-05-09 09:27)

h1. FAQ 

 * when building Bip @error: unused parameter@    occurs 
 source:configure.ac#L32 use the "AX_C___ATTRIBUTE__":http://www.gnu.org/s/autoconf-archive/ax_c___attribute__.html macro. This macro is included in "autoconf-archive":http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ 
 Full error message: 
 <pre> 
 src/connection.c: In function ‘tmp_dh_cb’: 
 src/connection.c:1093: error: unused parameter ‘ssl_unused’ 
 make[1]: *** [src/connection.o] Error 1 
 </pre> 
 Rerun @bootstrap@ script after installation of @autoconf-archive@. 

 * How take in account bip.conf modifications without restarting bip ? 
 Send signal HUP to bip. 
 <pre> 
 # Debian / Ubuntu 
 /etc/init.d/bip reload 
 # Other 
 killall -HUP bip  
 </pre> 

 * Ubuntu 10.04: How to compile bip from repository ? 
 <pre> 
 sudo apt-get install git-core gcc flex bison libssl-dev automake autoconf-archive 
 ./bootstrap 
 ./configure --prefix=/opt/bip 
 CFLAGS="-Wno-error" ./configure --prefix=/opt/bip 
 make 
 </pre> 


 * Is there a limit on the number of lines bip saves for each channel ? 
 See backlog_lines option when backlog is then stored into memory. 

 * Does bip try to connect to IRC servers automatically after bip is started ? 
 Yes. But note that Bip will not connect to a network if there is no connection using this network. 

 * Does bip have a command that displays list of networks in bip.conf ? 
 There is a "/BIP LIST" command. Admin could use "/BIP LIST networks|users|connections|all_links|all_connections" while user could use "/BIP LIST networks|connections". 

 * Does bip support modules ? 
 No 

 * How to send command to bip ? 
 Use "/BIP command" or "/quote BIP command" or "/query -BIP command" 

 * Any way to use sasl with bip ? 
 No