Archive-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 14:32:46 +0100 Sender: owner-socketshr@ifn.ing.tu-bs.de Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 13:32:08 BST From: Andy Harper Reply-To: Andy Harper To: SOCKETSHR@IFN.ING.TU-BS.DE CC: A.HARPER@kcl.ac.uk Message-ID: <009B52E1.D4DBF488.80@alder.cc.kcl.ac.uk> Subject: Minor updates to socketshr 0.9d Those of you using the VMS version of the LYNX browser with SOCKETSHR 0.9D and NETLIB 2 may have discovered that the ftp function does not work. This is because the functions getsockname and getpeername within SOCKETSHR make incorrect calls to the NETLIB functions. This results in zeroes being returned for part of the local IP address. Since ftp sends this IP address to the remote end, the remote server ends up sending a file back to a non-existent address. I've made certain changes to the SOCKETSHR 0.9D source which fixes this problem (thanks to Matt Madison for spotting the incorrect calls) and these are available from my servers to anyone who may want them. http://alder.cc.kcl.ac.uk/fileserv/zip/socketshr_src_09d-1.zip ftp://ftp2.kcl.ac.uk/zip/socketshr_src_09d-1.zip mailto:vmsserv@kcl.ac.uk If using MAIL, simply put the command SEND SOCKETSHR.PACKAGE as the only line in the body of the message. It will be returned in 11 VMS_SHARE'd parts. Executables are not included, you will need VAXC or DEC C Briefly, the changes are: * Now builds properly on VAX/ALPHA with VAX C or DEC C * getpeername and getsockname functions now return the correct addresses In particular, this makes the SOCKETSHR build of the LYNX browser work with ftp protocols. Please note, that these enhancements are entirely unofficial. The original author, Eckhart Meyer, appears to be no longer supporting the product but the original code is still his. I've added these mods purely to make things work on my own systems. Regards, Andy Harper Kings College London ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 19:14:42 +0100 Sender: owner-socketshr@ifn.ing.tu-bs.de Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 18:14:36 BST From: Andy Harper Reply-To: Andy Harper To: SOCKETSHR@IFN.ING.TU-BS.DE, INFO-MADGOAT@MADGOAT.COM, LYNX-DEV@SIG.NET Message-ID: <009B53D2.750A79C2.164@alder.cc.kcl.ac.uk> Subject: SOCKETSHR update 2 Following yestrdays'a announcmeent of some SOCKETSHR bug fixes (primarily to make FTP in LYNX for VMS work), some other bugs were noted to me which have been fixed in a second update. Briefly, the changes from -1 to -2 are: * Fixed up the TYPES.H file so that it works with VAX C * Fixed up the build procedure so that selection of the system architecture works on older version of VMS that dont have the f$getsyi("ARCH_NAME") function. * Selection of VAX C or DEC C is automatic based on the presence of the compiler on the system. This update also looks at the definition of the DECC$CC_DEFAULT logical name used to select the compiler when both are installed. [ If your previous .EXE from -1 compiled and linked OK, you do NOT need this update as there are no functional source code changes]. These are available from my servers to anyone who may want them. http://alder.cc.kcl.ac.uk/fileserv/zip/socketshr_src_09d-2.zip ftp://ftp2.kcl.ac.uk/zip/socketshr_src_09d-2.zip mailto:vmsserv@kcl.ac.uk If using MAIL, simply put the command SEND SOCKETSHR.PACKAGE as the only line in the body of the message. It will be returned in 11 VMS_SHARE'd parts. Executables are not included, you will need VAXC or DEC C Please note, that these enhancements are entirely unofficial. The original author, Eckhart Meyer, appears to be no longer supporting the product but the original code is still his. I've added these mods purely to make things work on my own systems. Regards, Andy Harper Kings College London