<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNxnatn.ah> --> <!--X-Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 20:02:27 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: E0zcM3X-0002YP-00#mail,kanga.nu --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199811072106.PAA12088#zoom,bga.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00792.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00794.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00791.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00803.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00793">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00793">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00793">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 20:02:27 -0800</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Sat, 7 Nov 1998 15:06:42 -0600 (CST) Cat <cat#bga,com> wrote: > Well, we were going to install Solaris 86 on the Furcadia server > machine to replace the buggy older version of BSDI it had on it. > But the sysadmin out there suggested going to Red Hat Linux instead, > because it's a BDS family rather than a SYSV family, and there might > be fewer problems. Linux is actually very POSIX/SysV (ouside of Slackware). > I agreed. I don't know how hard getting it going on SYSV would have > been, but I know my O'Reilly "Using C on the Unix system" is so old > that it says Berkeley Unixes have sockets and SYSV don't! Quite simply: everybody has sockets now, They are literally universal. > Surely SYSV has to have sockets now, what with this "internet" thing > having gotten so popular since this book was written - don't they? Yes. > Anyway, I got a couple compatibility problems involving select() and > accept() worked out, but I've noticed the return of a problem we > sometimes had under Linux with the old DragonSpires server, which is > the ancestor of the Furcadia server code. After the game is shut > down or the server code crashes, and it tries to restart, it fails > to bind the port for the next 15-20 minutes. Yes. This is very very standard and actually even predictable. The exact causes (and I think the handling) are well documented in Steven's TCP/IP books (which are roughly 50 miles south of me right now, at work). Translation: Its in the book, I don't remember the details, I'll look it up on Monday if nobody does it before me. -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#kanga,nu ----------(*) Internet: coder#kanga,nu ...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00803" HREF="msg00803.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> J C Lawrence <claw#under,engr.sgi.com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00788" HREF="msg00788.html">[MUD-Dev] Quick socket question</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Dr. Cat" <cat#bga,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00792.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00794.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00791.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00803.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00793"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00793"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00788" HREF="msg00788.html">[MUD-Dev] Quick socket question</A></strong>, Dr. Cat <a href="mailto:cat#bga,com">cat#bga,com</a>, Sat 07 Nov 1998, 21:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00789" HREF="msg00789.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sat 07 Nov 1998, 22:45 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00790" HREF="msg00790.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></strong>, Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Sat 07 Nov 1998, 22:48 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00791" HREF="msg00791.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></strong>, Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Sat 07 Nov 1998, 23:24 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00793" HREF="msg00793.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Sun 08 Nov 1998, 04:02 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00803" HREF="msg00803.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 10 Nov 1998, 02:01 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00794" HREF="msg00794.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Quick socket question</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Sun 08 Nov 1998, 04:40 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00786" HREF="msg00786.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Random Quest Generation</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 06 Nov 1998, 21:05 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00787" HREF="msg00787.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Random Quest Generation</A></strong>, Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Fri 06 Nov 1998, 22:16 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>