josephcz/rqotdd repository overview

⁠rqotdd

rqotdd = Rust Quote Of The Day (QotD) Daemon

rqotdd is a simple implementation of RFC 865⁠ and a non-standard SSL/TLS version of it.

rqottd is written in Rust, and linked to MUSL: you can run it on any Linux distribution and macOS (Windows is not supported).

⁠Support Matrix

⁠Database File

rqotdd comes with a sample database file database.txt. It does not comes with GitHub Release. You can download it here⁠.

You can also use database from fortune-mod⁠. To use it, add --db-format "%" to rqotdd argument command line.

⁠Build

Before you start, there are some prerequisites you have to install on your system:

• git
• curl
• make

A C/C++ Compiler is NOT required.

The program is written in Rust. You can setup Rust development environment by the following command:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Then, clone the git repository and build the program:

git clone https://github.com/baobao1270/rqotdd.git
cd rqotdd
make

The command will build the program for CURRENT TARGET and link to GNU libc.

⁠Cross Building

The program also support cross compilation and static linking with MUSL⁠. However, only Linux target is supported. You can build the program with the following command:

make all

Note: Don't run with -j. It may cause deadlocks.

The command will build the program for target:

⁠License

The program is licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0⁠.