Hi, Sorry for the late reply. On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 11:05:41AM +0200, spiral voice wrote: > > Why does mldonkey-server need an init script? Yes, it's a daemon, > > but that is merely an implementation detail. When it comes down to > > it, mldonkey is a *p2p client*. It should be run by normal users > > when they want to connect to a p2p network. > > YVMV, but MLDonkey is also designed to work as a P2P service, > some people even use it on dedicated download servers, this is > especially true since MLDonkey contains build-in multiuser functionality. Hmm. According to the mldonkey website, it is "The p2p client for Linux/Unix/Windows!". Can you point me to some documentation of the multiuser functionality? > > Why the special make invocations? The configure script suggests > > running `make', but debian/rules runs `make utils opt' or some such > > nonsense. It fails when I try to build the version from intrepid on > > my hardy box (after backporting and installing the dependencies), > > even though just plain `make' runs perfectly. > > You may have hit an upstream bug, please post the error messages > you are seeing with running "make utils opt". > > I just tested "./configure && make utils opt" and it compiled w/o errors. Right, it seems to depend on the system. But upstream doesn't recommend running `make utils opt', they recommend running just `make', so it seems senseless to bring the problem to them. -Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net http://www.pytagsfs.org
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