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|    Joacim Melin to Tommi Koivula    |
|    Nodelist compiler    |
|    09 Oct 25 21:16:44    |
      MSGID: 2:221/242.0@FidoNet 68e87b64       REPLY: 2:221/360 68e7dfff       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       PID: NiKom v2.6.0       TID: CrashMail II/Linux 1.7        TK> Hi Joacim.               TK> 09 Oct 25 10:36, you wrote to All:               JM>> Hi all        JM>>        JM>> quick question: how the hell is the nodelist compiler (nodelist.pl)        JM>> supposed to work? Because as far as I can tell - it doesn't.        JM>>        JM>> I tried this in the configuration and all I get in the logs are "no        JM>> nodelist found" or something to that effect:        JM>>        JM>> perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl        JM>> perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.?-9?0-9?0-9        JM>> perl-var magichost *        JM>>        JM>> So I try to run it manually:        JM>>        JM>> perl nodelist.pl /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.269 magichost *        JM>>        JM>> Nothing happens.        JM>>        JM>> Any ideas?               TK> First, check that your binkd has been compiled with perl support:               TK> tommi@kco:~$ binkd -vv        TK> Binkd 1.1a-115 (Sep 26 2025 10:15:21/Linux)        TK> Compilation flags: gcc, zlib, bzlib2, perl, amiga_4d_outbound,        TK> af_force.        TK> Facilities: fts5004 ipv6               TK> I have these lines in my binkd.conf:               TK> perl-hooks /bbs/nodelist.pl        TK> perl-var nodelist fidonet:/bbs/nodelist.ndl        TK> perl-var magichost *        TK> defnode -nr *               TK> That should allow binkd to poll any node in the nodelist.              Ok, It's compiled with Perl support.               root@bbsutils:~# binkd -vv       Binkd 1.1a-111 (Feb 6 2022 12:39:49/Linux)       Compilation flags: gcc, debug, zlib, perl, https, ntlm, bwlim. Facilities:       fts5004 ipv6                     I entered this in binkd.conf and all the paths are correct:               perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl       perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/fidonet.lst       perl-var magichost *       defnode -nr *              When I restart binkd it says:                       09 Oct 21:54:30 [1263520] BEGIN, binkd/1.1a-111/Linux /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg       -q -C       ? 09 Oct 21:54:30 [1263520] No nodelist found!        09 Oct 21:54:30 [1263520] servmgr started        09 Oct 21:54:30 [1263521] clientmgr started              Any ideas?               Thanks.                     --- NiKom v2.6.0        * Origin: Delta City (deltacity.se, Vallentuna, Sweden) (2:221/242.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 16/0 19/37 40 105/81 106/201 123/130 128/187 129/14       SEEN-BY: 129/305 132/174 142/104 926 153/7715 154/110 201/0 203/0       SEEN-BY: 218/700 221/1 6 242 226/30 227/114 229/110 200 206 275 300       SEEN-BY: 229/307 317 426 428 470 664 700 705 230/0 240/5832 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 291/111 292/854 301/1 320/119 219 319 2119 322/757       SEEN-BY: 322/762 342/200 396/45 423/81 633/280 712/848 902/26       PATH: 221/242 1 320/219 229/426           |
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