Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 18:23:18 -0800 (PST)
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: missing #include files
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 12:15  2/3/1998 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:
>
>> It's not as simple as just getting the headers. You need a socket library,
>> which isn't part of DJGPP. I believe most of the existing ones are shims to
>> Windows' Winsock interface. Here is the URL of one.
>> 
>> http://www.rt66.com/~brennan/djgpp/
>> 
>> Btw: Eli, should this be an FAQ?
>
>What, the reference to Brennan's site for Winsock?  It will be.
Well, yes, that's the answer. I see there are references to network
libraries in section 22.2, and presumably Winsock and suchlike will be added
to that. I was thinking along the lines of a section with the question,
"Where are socket.h, etc?" for people who don't really know that they need a
network library, and just know that the headers aren't there.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net