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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
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* 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
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* 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