[FADCA] Re: [fpac] WPMAINT

[Chuck Hast]

On 11/2/06, Bernard Pidoux <pidoux at ccr.jussieu.fr> wrote:
>
> C Schuman wrote:
> > I ran wpmaint and still have the same # of records.
> > There don't appear to be any doc on the utility.
> > Are there any options to the command?
> >
> > <<Charlie>>
> >        k4gbb
>
> Wpmaint was not working for it was keeping all WP records less than
> 20 years old !
>
> Now that I have modified wpmaint in order to make it usefull I arrived
> to the conclusion that we cannot clean FPAC network White Page data base
> from obsolete callsigns.
>
> This is due to the fact that WP mechanism is so efficient with fpacwpd
> daemon exchanging WP information messages between nodes. As there is no
> obsolescence control at this level, it accepts all the incoming WP records.
>
> I thought that it would suffice to clean /var/ax25/fpac/fpacwp2.dat
> files containing WP records, but soon after it is cleaned, aw25wpd will
> fill it again via network messages from remote nodes.
>
> The solution, for cleaning up WP is to stop using fpacwpd during a
> couple of days on all FPAC nodes and while fpacwpd is off just remove
> your fpacwp2.dat file locally.
>
> If all FPAC node sysops could do it for two or three days, our WP will
> be cleaned from callsigns that may be years old or dummy.
>
> I thus encourage sysops to do it until Sunday night.
>
> To stop fpacwpd you may use the following command :
>
> killall -KILL fpacwpd
>
> When it is closed, dont try to execute N command from fpacnode.
> It would not give any answer.
>
> I already have stopped my fpacwpd at F6BVP and hope you will join me.
>
Bernard it is done on both the kp4djt machine and the kc5qcn machine.
Will restart them on Sunday night.


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