--- irssi-0.8.18/src/core/servers.c.orig	2016-01-20 22:08:07.000000000 +0000

+++ irssi-0.8.18/src/core/servers.c	2016-06-13 11:28:49.187797037 +0000

@@ -407,6 +407,36 @@

 		/* connect with unix socket */

 		server_real_connect(server, NULL, server->connrec->address);

 	} else {

+	#ifdef __midipix__

+		IPADDR ip4, ip6, *ip;

+

+		connect_address = server->connrec->proxy != NULL ?

+			server->connrec->proxy : server->connrec->address;

+		if (net_gethostbyname(connect_address, &ip4, &ip6) == -1) {

+			g_warning("net_gethostbyname(): -1");

+			g_free(server->tag);

+			g_free(server->nick);

+			return FALSE;

+		} else if (server->connrec->family == 0) {

+			/* prefer IPv4 addresses */

+			ip = ip4.family != 0 ? &ip4 : &ip6;

+		} else if (server->connrec->family == AF_INET6) {

+			/* IPv6 address, use if possible */

+			if (ip6.family != 0) {

+				ip = &ip6;

+			} else {

+				ip = &ip4;

+			}

+		} else {

+			/* IPv4 address, use if possible */

+			if (ip4.family != 0) {

+				ip = &ip4;

+			} else {

+				ip = &ip6;

+			}

+		}

+		server_real_connect(server, ip, NULL);

+	#else

 		/* resolve host name */

 		if (pipe(fd) != 0) {

 			g_warning("server_connect(): pipe() failed.");

@@ -433,6 +463,7 @@

 		lookup_servers = g_slist_append(lookup_servers, server);

 		signal_emit("server looking", 1, server);

+	#endif

 	}

 	return TRUE;

 }

--- irssi-0.8.18/src/core/pidwait.c.orig	2014-09-02 11:13:51.000000000 +0200

+++ irssi-0.8.18/src/core/pidwait.c	2016-06-19 00:20:33.327763200 +0200

@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@

 void pidwait_add(int pid)

 {

 	if (g_hash_table_lookup(child_pids, GINT_TO_POINTER(pid)) == NULL) {

+#ifndef __midipix__

 		int id = g_child_watch_add_full(10, pid, sig_child, NULL, NULL);

 		g_hash_table_insert(child_pids, GINT_TO_POINTER(pid), GINT_TO_POINTER(id));

+#endif

 		pids = g_slist_append(pids, GINT_TO_POINTER(pid));

 	}

 }

--- irssi-0.8.18/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c.orig	2016-01-20 23:08:07.000000000 +0100

+++ irssi-0.8.18/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c	2016-06-19 01:22:40.792090300 +0200

@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@

 	}

 }

+#ifdef __midipix__

+static void sig_pidwait(void *pid, void *statusp);

+#endif

 static void process_exec(PROCESS_REC *rec, const char *cmd)

 {

 	const char *shell_args[4] = { "/bin/sh", "-c", NULL, NULL };

@@ -535,6 +538,14 @@

 				    (GInputFunction) sig_exec_input_reader,

 				    rec);

 	processes = g_slist_append(processes, rec);

+#ifdef __midipix__

+	int status;

+	waitpid(rec->pid, &status, 0);

+	while (rec->read_tag != -1) {

+		sig_exec_input_reader(rec);

+	}

+	sig_pidwait((void *)rec->pid, &status);

+#endif

 	if (rec->target == NULL && interactive)

 		rec->target_item = exec_wi_create(active_win, rec);