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    From Joacim Melin@2:221/242 to All on Thursday, October 09, 2025 10:36:05
    Hi all

    quick question: how the hell is the nodelist compiler (nodelist.pl) supposed to work? Because as far as I can tell - it doesn't.

    I tried this in the configuration and all I get in the logs are "no nodelist found" or something to that effect:

    perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
    perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.Ä0-9ÅÄ0-9ÅÄ0-9Å perl-var magichost *

    So I try to run it manually:

    perl nodelist.pl /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.269 magichost *

    Nothing happens.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks.


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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/360 to Joacim Melin on Thursday, October 09, 2025 19:03:00
    Hi Joacim.

    09 Oct 25 10:36, you wrote to All:

    Hi all

    quick question: how the hell is the nodelist compiler (nodelist.pl) supposed to work? Because as far as I can tell - it doesn't.

    I tried this in the configuration and all I get in the logs are "no nodelist found" or something to that effect:

    perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
    perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.Ä0-9ÅÄ0-9ÅÄ0-9Å
    perl-var magichost *

    So I try to run it manually:

    perl nodelist.pl /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.269 magichost *

    Nothing happens.

    Any ideas?

    First, check that your binkd has been compiled with perl support:

    tommi@kco:~$ binkd -vv
    Binkd 1.1a-115 (Sep 26 2025 10:15:21/Linux)
    Compilation flags: gcc, zlib, bzlib2, perl, amiga_4d_outbound, af_force. Facilities: fts5004 ipv6

    I have these lines in my binkd.conf:

    perl-hooks /bbs/nodelist.pl
    perl-var nodelist fidonet:/bbs/nodelist.ndl
    perl-var magichost *
    defnode -nr *

    That should allow binkd to poll any node in the nodelist.

    19:15 [11705] BEGIN, binkd/1.1a-115/Linux -pP 242 /etc/binkd/binkd.cfg
    19:15 [11705] Nodelist /bbs/nodelist.ndl parsed, 940 IP-nodes processed (0 sec)
    19:15 [11705] creating a poll for 2:221/242@fidonet (`d' flavour)
    19:15 [11705] clientmgr started
    19:15 [11708] Substituted * to deltacity.se. for 2:221/242@fidonet by nodelist
    19:15 [11708] call to 2:221/242@fidonet
    19:15 [11708] trying deltacity.se. [84.246.91.66]...
    19:15 [11708] connected
    19:15 [11708] outgoing session with deltacity.se:24554 [84.246.91.66]
    19:15 [11708] OPT CRAM-MD5-afca689ed9b84a897aa95c5e536f57ee

    'Tommi

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  • From Oli@2:280/464.47 to Joacim Melin on Thursday, October 09, 2025 20:11:01
    Joacim wrote (2025-10-09):

    quick question: how the hell is the nodelist compiler (nodelist.pl) supposed to work? Because as far as I can tell - it doesn't.

    I tried this in the configuration and all I get in the logs are "no nodelist found" or something to that effect:

    perl-hooks /etc/binkd/nodelist.pl
    perl-var nodelist /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.Ä0-9ÅÄ0-9ÅÄ0-9Å perl-var
    magichost *

    I see Ä and Å instead of [ and ].

    So I try to run it manually:

    perl nodelist.pl /etc/binkd/nodelist/NODELIST.269 magichost *

    Nothing happens.

    It does not work from the command line, only as a binkd perlhook.

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