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 Message 487 
 Nicholas Boel to RJ Clay 
 Re: Internet Rex and Debian Linux 
 29 Sep 12 18:19:00 
 
RC>    Depends on the version...  As you many not be aware; Debian Woody (v3)
RC> was released in 2002 (and later superceded in 2005) and therefore uses
RC> the older versions of the standard C libraries.  Which, IIRC, was the
RC> issue with running IRex on Linux systems...
RC> 
RC>  RW>  Most Linux users have probably given up on using IREX by now.
RC> 
RC>    Not surprisingly, but I'd like to have it running again; both for the 
RC> capabilities my systems don't currently have and as a reference point for 
RC> those capabilities.

Does Debian 'Woody' use the 2.4 kernel? IIRC, that was when the issues with
IREX on Linux started (when everyone switched to the 2.6 kernel).

There's also an issue with DNSs. You have to use real IP addresses as well.

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