Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/05/30/00:00:27
In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1000529101954 DOT 24119G-100000-100000 AT is>,
eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il says...
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>On 29 May 2000, Chris Lee wrote:
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>> >> c:/djgpp/include/sys/socket.h error: windows.h, no such file or
>> >> directory
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>> >See section 8.2 of the DJGPP FAQ. In a nutshell, these programs either
>> >need add-on packages or do not support DJGPP at all.
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>> The answer to the question in *ENGLISH* is that DJGPP doesn't have a
TCP/IP
>> stack or networking libs
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>I thought I was telling the same thing, and also in English.
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>> like the GCC compiler does
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>Hmm? GCC does not include any networking libraries in its
>distribution. In fact, it doesn't include *any* libraries at all,
>except the tiny libgcc.a that emulates some missing instructions on
>specific platforms.
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>> The solution to the problem is pretty simple. DJGPP should seriously
>> consider adding/intergrating the WATT32 and libnet packages to the basic
>> distrubtion.
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>Patches to make this happen are most welcome.
What do you need patches for? Just make sure that the various
networking files the libraries use go into the proper directories.
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>Note that, to have TCP/IP on DOS, you will typically need a device
>driver or a TSR for whatever hardware you use to access the physical
>layer.
Look for dosppp06.zip on simtelnet.
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