Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!pawl!shadow From: shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: DNET for SYS V Message-ID: Date: 29 Jul 89 11:32:16 GMT References: <907@corpane.UUCP> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 42 In-reply-to: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com's message of 28 Jul 89 13:33:30 GMT On 28 Jul 89 13:33:30 GMT, portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) said: Michael> In article Michael> shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) writes: Deven> portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) said: Michael> I would be interested in doing a port of DNET for Sys V Deven> The problem with DNet under SysV Unix is that it depends Deven> heavily on Unix-domain sockets in its current implementation. Deven> You'd really need a replacement. For a SysV machine with TCP Deven> sockets available, that could work. But without some sort of Deven> sockets, you are basically left with the pipe() call for IPC... Deven> which is useless for unrelated processes. Michael> Well, as it turns out, SysV Unix for the Iris supports TCP Michael> sockets, so it may be possible for me to port DNet so it runs Michael> on my workstation. So now my question is: How good would Michael> this be for the majority of SysV users out there? How many Michael> SysV ports offer support for TCP sockets? I'm not sure how many SysV machines support TCP, but I know they exist. If there's a socket library, all the better. It might not even be too hard to do... [then again, Matt's code is pretty ugly...] Michael> I'm still interested in hearing from anyone else who may be Michael> attempting the same task or thinking about it. Oh, I've considered it, and may eventually do it, but it's low-priority queue. (i.e. probably won't bother to attempt it anytime real soon... I've got DNet running on a BSD (SunOS) machine, so I haven't the incentive.) Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2214 12th Street, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 271-0750 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.