On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 05:12:31AM -0400, wmwaisse wrote:
> Hello to all Debianers
>
> I got to deal with UNIX sockets ( from a SCO C program ) under Linux.
Have you tried reading the socket(2) man page? It seems like what you
need, but I've never used SCO before.
> It seems I got to emulate libsocket ( linls and libx too ) under
> Linux. Isn't it possible to use a shared SCO Unix libsocket.a ???
>
> The solution to Emulate libsocket.a seems to be iBCS ( Intel Binary
> Compatibility System ). This needs to patch the kernel, the only
> version iBCS ( and iBCS extras ) packages I found were foe a calera
> distribution.
I don't think you need to go through all of this.
> Am I forced to use a specific kernel ( 2.2.14 ??? )
No.
> Is it possible that the 2.4testn kernel give me more support about
> this ???
Maybe a little, but there's probably not too much difference in this
area.
> Where would it be possible to find a list of things I got to do and
> warnings for possible difficulties ???
Try searching on Google (www.google.com) for socket programming. Lots
of good looking links turned up for me.
Good luck,
Chris
--
IF I HAD A MINE SHAFT, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's
got to be a better way.
-- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.
