FAQ¶

• when building Bip error: unused parameter occurs
  source:configure.ac#L32 use the AX_C___ATTRIBUTE__ macro. This macro is included in autoconf-archive
  Full error message:
  

  src/connection.c: In function ‘tmp_dh_cb’:
  src/connection.c:1093: error: unused parameter ‘ssl_unused’
  make[1]: *** [src/connection.o] Error 1
  

Rerun bootstrap script after installation of autoconf-archive.

• How take in account modifications to bip.conf without restarting bip ?
  Send signal HUP to bip.
  

  # Debian / Ubuntu
  /etc/init.d/bip reload
  # Other
  killall -HUP bip 
  

• Ubuntu 10.04: How to compile bip from repository ?
  

  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