Hello. It has come to my attention that libsocket 0.7.4 beta 3 + patch for gcc 2.95.2 will not compile with the latest binutils (2.9.5.1 beta). The current...
Richard Dawe
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Apr 9, 2000 11:01 am
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Hello. I've just uploaded a patch for libsocket 0.7.4 beta 3 that fixes the problems encountered when using binutils 2.9.5.1 beta. There were several problems...
Richard Dawe
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Apr 10, 2000 9:28 pm
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Hello. It's been a while! In recent months progress on libsocket has been slow, due to my waning interest in the project. However, I've recently had some ...
Richard Dawe
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Apr 26, 2000 11:12 pm
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If you get libsocket working in a modern Windows environment, I would highly suggest seeing about putting that code into libnet, which is a multi-OS library...
Gillius
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Apr 26, 2000 11:23 pm
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Hello. ... IIRC libnet is not a BSD sockets library. I do not have time to add Winsock 2 support to libnet. I have documented the SOCK.VXD interfaces and I...
Richard Dawe
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Apr 27, 2000 5:10 pm
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Libnet is simply an abstracted networking interface. It supports connectionless unreliable sockets (analogous to UDP), and reliable connection sockets...
Gillius
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Apr 27, 2000 10:10 pm
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Hello. ... [snip] Thanks for the explanation there. ... Oh, I hope you have better luck with your new project - it sounds like it's progressing better. ... I...
Richard Dawe
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Apr 28, 2000 6:50 pm
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Hello. I'd like to announce the 4th beta of libsocket 0.7.4, a BSD-style socket library for DJGPP. This beta release fixes some more bugs in the Winsock 2...
Richard Dawe
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Jun 4, 2000 9:55 pm
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Hello. ... Thanks for the bug report. I'll fix that soon. BTW djgpp-workers isn't really the right place to discuss this - libsocket isn't actually part of...
Richard Dawe
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Jun 6, 2000 6:29 pm
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Hello. I've just updated the libsocket web site, after the release of libsocket 0.7.4 beta 4. I corrected the FAQ heavily. The libsocket 0.7.4 beta 4 ...
Richard Dawe
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Jun 12, 2000 10:04 pm
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Hello. I've just put a guide to debugging libsocket on the development page. It's pretty brief, but lists a few salient details. It's here: ...
Richard Dawe
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Aug 5, 2000 4:28 pm
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Hi, I get a beginner question on libsocket: suppose that I define a socket (non-blocking, if this matters). I use listen() and accept() on it for incoming...
Bauce
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Aug 17, 2000 12:23 pm
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Hello. ... There should be no difference in limit between blocking and non-blocking sockets. ... This will depend on the version of Winsock that you have,...
Richard Dawe
rich@...
Aug 17, 2000 9:47 pm
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Hi Richard, And thanks for your quick answer. To answer your question: I'm trying to develop a server (for the fun of it) for a network based basic game. It...
Bauce
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Aug 18, 2000 7:15 am
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Oups! I just realized that the 'backlog' parameter is for pending connections... My question was actually: Is there a limit for the number of incoming ...
Bauce
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Aug 18, 2000 12:20 pm
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Hello. ... Well, the maximum number of connections that can be accepted is limited to the number of sockets that can be created, less one, since you need one ...
Richard Dawe
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Aug 18, 2000 10:56 pm
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I'm searching somebody that can help us to do a socket connection, between a small PC-DOS (kila System - www.kila.com) and a sever application in windows NT. ...
eurosoft@...
Aug 21, 2000 5:21 pm
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As I understand it, there's a DOS port of the Waterloo TCP library that uses a DOS packet driver. I think it came with lynx 2.8.4 (or some version number...
Tim Van Holder
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Aug 21, 2000 8:07 pm
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Thanks for your answer, I have the library Waterloo TCP. I'm looking for a programmer that can do the client under dos. I do not know the 'C'. Alberto ... do ...
eurosoft@...
Aug 22, 2000 7:38 am
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Hello. ... The Waterloo TCP library actually uses packet drivers. There is a further developed library (with many, many additional features) here called...
Dawe, Richard
richard.dawe@...
Aug 22, 2000 8:47 am
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Hi all, Sorry to come back on the same point again, but I need to be certain that I understand the behavior. So let's suppose I have 2 pieces of codes: a...
Bauce
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Aug 30, 2000 7:16 am
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Hello. ... No worries - I'll see what I can do. ... [snip] ... Hmmm, this sounds like a bug. Could you send me a copy of the output of the diag demo program....
Richard Dawe
rich@...
Aug 30, 2000 8:40 pm
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Hello. I've uploaded Gabor's Virtual Sockets Library and Winsock 2 interface for DOS programs. See the dossock home page: ...
Richard Dawe
rich@...
Sep 9, 2000 10:32 am
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Hello. The interface to WSOCK2.VXD is now known. What this means for libsocket: the possibility of proper, working Winsock 2 support. The current method, using...
Richard Dawe
rich@...
Sep 9, 2000 10:32 am
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Hello. I saw this mail recently on the newsgroup comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.winsock. I thought it might be of interest. I have no idea how easy it'd...
Richard Dawe
rich@...
Sep 10, 2000 9:22 am
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Hello. I've prepared distributions of the man pages that used to come with libsocket. They were removed because they are a lot of hassle to maintain, because...
Richard Dawe
rich@...
Sep 10, 2000 10:58 am
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Hello. I'm pleased to announce libsocket 0.8.0 pre 1. This is a bugfix release in the run up to the full 0.8.0 release. I decided to release 0.7.4 as 0.8.0, ...
Richard Dawe
rich@...
Sep 11, 2000 9:09 pm
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Hello. Matt Lewandowsky expressed his interest in my attempt to integrate Watt-32 into libsocket. Here are some thoughts that spring to mind on the subject. ...
Richard Dawe
rich@...
Oct 8, 2000 5:48 pm
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Hello. ... Pardon the delay. I just tried to link a program with shutdown() and it worked. I used the CVS sources of libsocket, which are the same as libsocket...
Richard Dawe
rich@...
Oct 10, 2000 9:35 pm
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... <SNIPPED> OK. Now comes the obvious question... Does libsocket have public CVS, or do you have to send me a tarball? ;) I'm interested in seeing if this is...