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BUILD : 1.7.10 (876) BUGS : NOTES : Added something about DevNull to the FAQ
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7.3) I selected a language other than English, but sometimes Anope sends
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responses in English instead.
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8) DevNull
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8.1) What is the purpose of DevNull?
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1) General
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Anope is a set of services for IRC networks. See the README file for more
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information. And in case you were wondering, Anope is Epona spelt backwards
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:)
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:)
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1.2) Where can I find Anope?
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The latest version can always be found at the official Anope distribution
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site:
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* http://www.anope.org/
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site:
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* http://www.anope.org/
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New version announcements can also be found at http://www.anope.org/ in the
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main page.
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main page.
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1.3) Does Anope run under Windows?
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Yes. For more information on how to obtain the windows version of Anope
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visit http://windows.anope.org/
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visit http://windows.anope.org/
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1.4) Can I send you questions without reading the FAQ, INSTALL or README files?
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No. If you don't read those files, your messages will most probably be
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ignored. We don't mean to be rude, but if we took the time to write down
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some documentation, we'd expect you to take some time to read it.
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some documentation, we'd expect you to take some time to read it.
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1.5) I need support for the XYZ protocol.
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proposal to be in the next Anope release for sure. As a rule, we usually
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don't add anything that can be equivalently done by other means, or that we
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consider totally useless; see question 1.8 for examples of things we don't
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plan to add.
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plan to add.
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Our general intent is for Anope to provide as much functionality as
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possible--while staying as lean as possible. So features which are
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arguably beneficial will tend to be added, while features of limited or no
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benefit or which can be equally provided by something else already in use
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will tend to be passed over.
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will tend to be passed over.
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If you'd like to give us your idea, you can go to our website at
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http://www.anope.org/ and add it on our online Forum, in the Feature
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Requests section.
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* An option to make ChanServ stay in some/all registered channels: we see
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absolutely no necessity for this feature, since BotServ already does this
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anyway.
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anyway.
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* A "current time" field in NickServ and ChanServ INFO displays: Most
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people have clocks of some sort either on their computer screens or on
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their walls (or both), and all IRC servers, as well as Services, have a
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GNU make from ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ (or wherever you prefer) and
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use it instead of your system's default "make". Note that GNU make may
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already be installed on your system; try using the command "gmake" instead
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of "make".
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of "make".
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The make programs bundled with SunOS/Solaris and FreeBSD have been reported
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not to work; you will need to use GNU make on these systems.
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2.2) I get an error like "Makefile.inc not found".
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You forgot to run the Config script first. See the INSTALL file for
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compilation instructions.
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compilation instructions.
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2.3) I typed "./services" at the command line, but nothing happened!
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configuration file. (Also make sure that you are actually running one of
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the supported servers. There are a gazillion different variations on the
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basic IRC protocol out there, and we have neither the time nor the desire
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to add support for them.)
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to add support for them.)
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The recommended server, under which Epona (the original code base used by
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Anope) was developed, is Bahamut. DreamForge 4.6.7 will also work fine, but
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it's a bit obsolete nowadays. Derivatives of Bahamut and DreamForge may
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also work, if they don't change the server<->server protocol too much;
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contact their authors for more information. Most people, though, are
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running Anope with UnrealIRCd, UltimateIRCd or Bahamut.
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running Anope with UnrealIRCd, UltimateIRCd or Bahamut.
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As always, you can check the log file (services.log by default) for error
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messages. You can also start services with the -nofork command line option
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to prevent it from running in the background, and it will output the
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messages written to the log file to the console as well.
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messages written to the log file to the console as well.
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2.4) Whenever I start Anope, I get a message on my IRC server saying
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"connection refused" or something similar, and Anope gives an error
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message from the server saying "Closing Link: ...".
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See section 3 of the INSTALL file.
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See section 3 of the INSTALL file.
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2.5) My IRC server is giving me messages like "Connection to
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services.whatever.net[127.0.0.1] activated" and then "Access denied -- no
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2.6) When I say "/connect services.*", it doesn't work!
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Of course not. RTFM (Read The Fine Manual), and see the previous answer.
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Of course not. RTFM (Read The Fine Manual), and see the previous answer.
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2.7) Anope starts up okay, but if I try to register a nickname, it comes back
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with "Sorry, registration failed."
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juped.server introduced by non-hub server services.my.net".
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Services' uplink must have an H: line for Services in the ircd.conf file,
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which looks something like:
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which looks something like:
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H:*::services.whatever.net
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3.2) I can't use the ADMIN command to add Services admins, it tells me
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3.5) When I used the OperServ RAW command, Anope and/or my network crashed, or
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did weird things! Please fix this bug!
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"That's not a bug, it's a feature."
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"That's not a bug, it's a feature."
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Have you ever typed /msg OperServ HELP RAW? It's clearly stated there that
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this command is dangerous and that its use may result in very bad things.
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this command is dangerous and that its use may result in very bad things.
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And that's why this command has been disabled by default. If you enabled
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and used it, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. All help requests will be ignored, even if
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the problem happens not immediately.
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Enabling the OperServ RAW command is VERY dangerous and should never be
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done on a real network without thinking about it very well first. The RAW
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command can easily break your whole network if used incorrectly, and thus
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you will receive NO SUPPORT if you enable RAW on your network.
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you will receive NO SUPPORT if you enable RAW on your network.
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Before you enable RAW, be very sure you really want to enable it, and keep
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in mind that you will NOT BE ABLE to receive ANY SUPPORT anymore, because
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Anope's stability cannot be guaranteed if RAW is enabled.
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Anope's stability cannot be guaranteed if RAW is enabled.
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The RAW command comes bundled as a core module for operserv. To load it,
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add the os_raw module to the list of OperServ core modules. But be sure to
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keep in mind that when you enable the RAW command, you CANNOT GET ANY
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probably out of luck; if you like, you can report it to us anyway, but
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chances are it won't get fixed if we don't have instructions on reproducing
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it. If you do have such a problem, you may find the crontab utility useful
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for dealing with it.
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for dealing with it.
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Also, see the DumpCore directive in the configuration file. It allows Anope
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to dump its core whenever it's segfaulting, usually calling it core and
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placing it into Anope's main directory. Open up gdb by issuing the
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following command at your shell:
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* gdb services core
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following command at your shell:
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* gdb services core
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(of course replacing 'core' with the name of the core if different) and
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type 'bt' at the gdb prompt. After that, send us the output you got and
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keep the core file in a safe place, in case we need it to dig deeper into
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the change.
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Make sure EVERY server on your network has a U: line for Services in
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ircd.conf, for example:
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ircd.conf, for example:
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U:services.whatever.net:*:*
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5.2) Anope ignored the SET SUCCESSOR setting and deleted a channel when the
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founder expired.
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Normally, this is because the successor had too many channels registered;
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in this case, you will see an entry in the log file like the following:
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in this case, you will see an entry in the log file like the following:
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[date] Successor (SuccessorNick) of channel #somechannel owns too many
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channels, deleting channel #somechannel
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channels, deleting channel #somechannel
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If you don't get a message like this or you can verify that the successor
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wasn't running into the channel limit, please report it using the
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bug-reporting procedure below (see section 6 of the README file).
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5.3) How to auto voice all those whom join my #channel?
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Execute the following commands (/cs is an alias for /msg ChanServ):
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/cs set #channel secure off
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/cs set #channel xop off
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/cs levels #channel set AUTOVOICE -1
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Execute the following commands (/cs is an alias for /msg ChanServ):
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/cs set #channel secure off
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/cs set #channel xop off
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/cs levels #channel set AUTOVOICE -1
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5.4) My RESTRICTED channel doesn't work, but everything else works perfectly!
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7.1) Anope complains in the logfile about being unable to load the default
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language.
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You forgot to run "make install".
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You forgot to run "make install".
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7.2) Anope spricht kein Deutsch!, etc. (Anope doesn't speak my language!)
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wait for the primary translator to provide us with a translation, or do the
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translation yourself and send us the messages translated into your
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language.
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8) DevNull
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8.1) What is the purpose of DevNull?
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DevNull functions as a message sink. Any message sent to it will be
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ignored. It will not be logged, there will be no response. It will be lost
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forever. Whether it's useful or not is up to you; we just provide you with
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the option.
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VERSION_MAJOR="1"
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VERSION_MINOR="7"
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VERSION_PATCH="10"
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VERSION_BUILD="873"
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VERSION_BUILD="876"
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# $Log$
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#
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# BUILD : 1.7.10 (876)
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# BUGS :
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# NOTES : Added something about DevNull to the FAQ
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#
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# BUILD : 1.7.10 (873)
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# BUGS :
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# NOTES : Added SGLINE support for plexus, and fixed minor other things (by ThaPrince)
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