[IRCServices] Errors compiling ircservices

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On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Matt Lewandowsky wrote:

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> I seem to be unable to get services to compile under Win32/Cygwin for 
> UnrealIRCd... (If I had a more *nix-y box that I could use I would.) I get 
> the following warnings, however this shouldn't cause the make to fail, 
> should it? Below the output of trying to build services 4.3.3 and 4.4.8, 
> please find some basic info on my setup... (The only change I've made to 
> the stock distribution is changing the 'cp -p' test in the configure script 
> so that it works with a .exe extension as given by gcc.)
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> Thank you for any assistance you may be able to provide. If you need 
> further information, please ask. And I saw nothing about this in the known 
> bugs list. (Although it *did* say Windows is unsupported. Though this looks 
> more like gcc doesn't like something. And I hope I came to the right place 
> with this...)

You are pretty much on your own here.

When Andy Church originally wrote Services for us, then later GPLed it, he
specifically didn't support it under Windows, nor would he ever.

You are better off using a UNIX-type machine for any kind of Internet
server, be it Linux (under which Services was developed, FreeBSD,
whatever.  All of those are free.

And as we have seen time and time again, Windows has had more holes than
than a block of Swiss cheese.  Part horrendous coding on Microsoft's part,
part open-by-default policies.

Hence the phrase:  "Windows:  /n/ 1.  Easily opened.  2.  Easily broken."

Services has been, and probably shall always be, a UNIX-only program.

Save yourself the effort and headaches and get Linux or FreeBSD.  Both are
good.  Both are free.

--Ian R. Justman, Co-Founder and Postmaster, The EsperNet IRC Network.

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