Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1999/03/01/17:47:59
Richard Dawe wrote:
>
> > > I was wondering what the position is on integrating something
> > > like libsocket into DJGPP, in order to provide BSD socket networking.
> >
> > I'd vote for it, in general.
> >
> > But please tell more about the meaning of ``integrating''. Is there
> > anything beyond providing a library against which DJGPP programs can
> > be linked?
>
> I was thinking of how to add it to the DJGPP source tree when I wrote the
> word "integrating". Naturally there's all the header files that need to be
> added, and the library, as you say.
>
> Unfortunately the library is 1 character too long to fit in 8+3 -
> libsocket.a. This will require some extra instructions. In libsocket there is
> a special target for renaming the library (& others) as appropriate. How would
> this be coped with in DJGPP?
Why? DJGPP supports long file names when available, and when not the
names are simply truncated. Even if the file is called `libsocke.a',
users can still do `-lsocket' as usual.
Whether DJ is OK with this is another question. AFAIK djdev currently
has only 8+3 names.
> Another question - is the DJGPP 2.02 in the v2/ directory actually the final
> release of 2.02, or is it a beta?
Final. Betas have their own special subdirectory.
--
Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com
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