. Earlier versions of
Spider required perl 5.004, however it is now STRONGLY recommended
-that you use at least version 5.005_03 as this is the version being used
+that you use at least version 5.6.1 as this is the version being used
in the development of Spider.
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ perl distribution.
--
+
- this is included in perl 5.6.1 and above
-
-
-
-
-
+
- (for perl 5.00403 and lower)
+
-
-
-
-
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@ that's where you have put them.
Log in as 'root', and make sure you're at '/root' before you continue. Here are exactly the commands you must issue next: -
-# tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/Data-Dumper-2.101.tar.gz
-# cd Data-Dumper-2.101
-# perl Makefile.PL
-# make test
-# make install
-# cd ..
-#
# tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/TimeDate-1.10.tar.gz
# cd TimeDate-1.10
# perl Makefile.PL
@@ -80,13 +73,6 @@ Log in as 'root', and make sure you're at '/root' before you continue. Here are
# make install
# cd ..
#
-# tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/IO-1.20.tar.gz
-# cd IO-1.20
-# perl Makefile.PL
-# make test
-# make install UNINST=1
-# cd ..
-#
# tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/Net-Telnet-3.03.tar.gz
# cd Net-Telnet-3.02
# perl Makefile.PL
@@ -116,6 +102,27 @@ Log in as 'root', and make sure you're at '/root' before you continue. Here are
# cd ..
+
+Only if you need to do these (because your perl is old):-
+
+
+#
+# tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/IO-1.20.tar.gz
+# cd IO-1.20
+# perl Makefile.PL
+# make test
+# make install UNINST=1
+# cd ..
+#
+# tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/Data-Dumper-2.101.tar.gz
+# cd Data-Dumper-2.101
+# perl Makefile.PL
+# make test
+# make install
+# cd ..
+#
+
+
Do not fall into the trap of thinking they're all the same, just because they
nearly are! Pay particular attention to the instructions of IO, above.
@@ -234,8 +241,9 @@ $mycall = "GB7DJK";
-This is the call sign of your cluster. If you use an SSID then include it here
-also.
+This is the call sign of your cluster. Here in the UK we have
+separate callsigns for our cluster nodes. If you can't use a different callsign I suggest
+you use an SSID of '-2' for the node callsign '$mycall'.
$myalias = "G1TLH";
@@ -1835,7 +1843,7 @@ then a connect attempt will be started.
There are probably lots of other things you could use this crontab file for.
If you want to know more about it, look at the
- website
+ website
at the cron page where it is explained more fully.