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doc/Services.txt: explain which IRC Services versions are compatible

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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ At the moment, ngIRCd doesn't implement a "special IRC services interface".
But services acting as a "regular server" are supported, either using the IRC
protocol defined in RFC 1459 or RFC 2812.
Services have been tested using "IRC Services" version 5.x of Andrew Church,
Services have been tested using "IRC Services" version 5.x by Andrew Church,
homepage: <http://www.ircservices.za.net/>. This document describes setting up
ngIRCd and these services.
@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Setting up ngIRCd
The "pseudo server" handling the IRC services is configured as a regular
remote server in the ngircd.conf(5). In addition the variable "ServiceMask"
should be set, enabling this ngIRCd to recognize the "pseudo users" as IRC
services insted of regular IRC users.
services instead of regular IRC users.
Example:
@ -39,9 +39,17 @@ Example:
Setting up IRC Services 5.1.x
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IRC Services 5.1.x can be used with ngIRCd using the "rfc1459" protocol
module. At least the following settings have to be tweaked, in addition to all
the settings marked as required by IRC Services:
IRC Services 5.1.3 and above can be used with ngIRCd using the "rfc1459"
protocol module.
Please note that versions up to and including 5.1.3 contain a bug that
sometimes causes IRC Services to hang on startup. There are two workarounds:
a) send the services process a HUP signal ("killall -HUP ircservices")
b) apply this patch to the IRC Services source tree:
<ftp://ngircd.barton.de/ngircd/contrib/IRCServices513-FlushBuffer.patch>
At least the following settings have to be tweaked, in addition to all the
settings marked as required by IRC Services:
In ircservices.conf:
@ -57,3 +65,6 @@ In modules.conf:
The documentation of IRC Services can be found here:
<http://www.ircservices.za.net/docs/>
Please let us know if you are successfully using other IRC service packages or
which problems you encounter, thanks!