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Net::IRC 0.72 README T.J. Eckman Mon Jul 02 00:00:00 GMT 2000
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==============================================================================
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Table of Contents
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0. Deprecation notice
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1. Introduction
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2. Availability
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3. Prerequisites
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4. Installation
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+- 4.1 Windows Installation
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5. Demonstration Script
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6. Bugs
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7. Disclaimer
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8. Copyright
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9. Developer Information
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0. Deprecation notic
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This module is officially DEPRECATED. It has been abandoned in favor of more
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modern approaches, including Bot::BasicBot and POE::Component::IRC. This release
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only serves to warn current and new users about the status of this distribution.
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1. Introduction
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Welcome to Net::IRC, a work in progress. First intended to be a quick tool
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for writing an IRC script in Perl, Net::IRC has grown into a comprehensive
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Perl implementation of the IRC protocol (RFC 1459).
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2. Availability
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CPAN, of course. http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Net/
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Also, Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/project/net-irc
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3. Prerequisites
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Net::IRC requires Perl version 5.004 or higher to install and run.
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Hypothetically, it could run on 5.003_9something with IO::* installed, but
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you may as well upgrade anyhow. The latest version of Perl can be found at
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http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz (for UNIX), or at
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http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/ for various non-Unix machines.
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Net::IRC tries to use the Time::HiRes module by default, but will fail
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silently if you do not have it. If you have Time::HiRes pacing settings
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and calls to schedule() can be fractional.
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4. Installation
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Same old, same old. If you get through all these steps without anything
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emitting horrible dire warning messages, you're all set. In particular, the
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"perl Makefile.PL" will barf if run with older versions of Perl, but if you
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read the Prerequisites section of this README, you already know that, right?
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Do this, in the following order:
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perl Makefile.PL
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make
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make install
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We don't have any automated tests yet, but they might be in the not-too-
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distant future. You may instead wish to play around with the...
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=> 4.1 Windows Installation
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If you don't have a copy of 'make' on your machine, the easiest way to
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install this module is to unzip the file into a local directory, and
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copy the component files like this:
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IRC.pm => path.to.perl/site/lib/Net/IRC.pm
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Connection.pm => path.to.perl/site/lib/Net/IRC/Connection.pm
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Event.pm => path.to.perl/site/lib/Net/IRC/Event.pm
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DCC.pm => path.to.perl/site/lib/Net/IRC/DCC.pm
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5. Demonstration Script
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A sample Net::IRC script is included with the distribution, under the
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creative name "irctest". It doesn't do much more than connect to a server and
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print annoying messages to anyone who talks to it, but that should be enough
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to give you an idea of how the whole enchilada fits together until we actually
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get some real documentation written. Just don't be surprised if IRC admins get
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a clue about it and start killing it as soon as they see one log on...
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Oh, and by the way... if you say "Send me <filename>" to an irctest
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bot, it will send the specified file (if it can) as a demonstration of
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Net::IRC's DCC and scheduler interface. This is a potential security hole, so
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be careful.
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6. Bugs
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Please submit bugs at the sourceforge project page for Net::IRC.
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See section 9 for the address.
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7. Disclaimer
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This software is under no warranty, explicit or implied. Use at
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your own risk.
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8. Copyright
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This module copyright (c) 1997 Greg Bacon & Dennis Taylor. All rights
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reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the Perl Artistic License, distributed with
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this module.
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Any changes after 0.70, but before 0.72, are copyright Peter Sergeant,
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and/or the people who submitted them.
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Any changes after 0.71 are copyright T.J. Eckman, and/or the people
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who submitted them.
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Any changes after 0.73 are under the ownership of their respective
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submitters.
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9. Developer Information
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Maintenance is now handled via sourceforge:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/net-irc/
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Bug reports, feature requests and patches should be submitted at the
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above address.
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