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On Monday 09 June 2008, Tim wrote: |
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> I use the small C utility ez-ipupdate to keep a dynamic DNS account |
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> up-to-date with ZoneEdit, a free dynamic DNS provider. Recently, |
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> ZoneEdit changed the page that updates A records; ez-ipupdate needs |
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> to be changed to reflect this. |
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> Here's where I run into an issue. I've managed to successfully patch |
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> the code to make it work again, but I can't get in touch with the |
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> upstream maintainer. His personal email and mailing list are both |
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> hosted on a system that doesn't exist (at least according to DNS - |
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> ironic, no?). His "contact me" page returns a 404. Several other |
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> links on his site are broken or outdated. |
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> What's the "Gentoo way" here? Should I keep trying to get in touch |
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> with the maintainer, file a bug in Gentoo Bugzilla, or just live with |
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> it? |
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File a bug, attach your patch and mention that upstream is |
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uncontactable. It's the gentoo maintainers call for what to do next. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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