From: Joop Stakenborg (mvpdnc.fpptak@mx.dy.fi)
Date: Thu Dec 26 2002 - 01:08:05 EET
Op wo 25-12-2002, om 15:54 schreef bijgdv@u-bordeaux.fr:
> Joop,
>
> [F6FBB not very useable]
> > I think you are wrong in several ways. The times I have set up
> > fbb have been easy. Included is a scipt which you run
>
> But not instructions: they are only on the web site, and even there they
> are old and do not fit the software... took me an hour to see I had to run
> that script. How about a simple readme that mentions this? These are the
> very basics of software!
>
To be honest, I have heard of at least one other ham who encountered
the same problems. When I told him the only thing he had to do was
run the script, his problems were solved.
> I must mention, I downloaded the tar.gz, not the rpm: I run a too-modern
> RedHat for that. Alas, there is no standard "./configure, make, make
> install", and the bbs when it does come up is mysterious, needs obscure
> text files edited, and displays Toulouse stuff by default...
>
Hmm, yes. A bit of fbb knowledge seems to be needed to get used to
setting up fbb. I would say it's not software to begin with if you want
a simple mailbox.
> > The english is certainly not bad and the licensing has been GPL
> > for over a year now.
>
> But the readme urges users to not make changes on their own. Surely that's
> not GPL?
No.
>
> > Low standard software? Can you explain to me why it is used all over
> > the world by almost every bbs?
>
> I would say, because there appears to be nothing else.
>
> > Yeah, build your own if you can't find what you want.
>
> Ah, that's why I am asking here.
Well fbb originally comes from a dos environment. This means you will
find a dos-like environment both for setup and at runtime. But I guess
it's kindof difficult to maintain a multi-platform mailbox and
have it perform nicely on every platform. So, if you are looking for a
unix/linux-like mailbox, you should try something else.
There are several mailboxes mentioned at
http://radio.linux.org.au/?sectpat=packet
of which dpbox is widely used in germany, but I have never tried it.
I have tried the gw3tmh mailbox a few years back, but it is written for
2.0 kernels and needs to be ported to a recent kernel and
ax25-lib/tools.
Morelia might also be interesting for you.
>
> 73 de Michael va3mvw
>
>
>
Regards,
Joop PA4TU
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