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<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>
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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.
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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