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From: jim@haring.UUCP
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Subject: Talk doesn't work in a mixed machine environment
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Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 23:11:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  6 23:11:42 1984
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Subject: Talk doesn't work in a mixed machine environment
Index:	ucb/talk 4.2BSD

Description:
	Talk tries to send C structures in datagrams. The layout of these
	structures is machine dependent, and talk fails if, for instance,
	it is used between a VAX and a SUN.

Repeat-By:
	Try it.

Fix:
	The entire scheme used to do the initial synchronisation between
	the talk process and the talk daemon should be thrown away and
	written to use a standard message header plus data which can be
	interpreted according to the information in the header.

	I didn't have time to do that, I just fixed it for the VAX-SUN case,
	and it would probably break on other hardware. But I can send a diff
	if anyone wants it.