Version:
[0.7.2]
[0.7.1]
[0.7.0]
[0.6]
[0.5]
[0.4]
[0.3]
[0.2]
The library by default comes ready for building short filename
programs - use "make lfn" to build long filename programs.
Fixed read() and write(). Previously they didn't return the correct
values for non-blocking sockets when no data was present. winsock.h is now
installed to support non-blocking sockets properly - please see
question 3.6 of the FAQ for more
details.
Added support for F_GETFL parameter on fcntl().
Added some Winsock 2 constants to the include files.
Bugs: Fixed the memory problem I introduced with last version, that
leads to junk being returned by recv() sometimes. Also fixed send(), recv(),
sendto(), recvfrom(), getpeername(), getsockname(), getsockopt() and
setsockopt() to avoid data loss / rubbish being returned.
Configuration: The configuration files should now be found and read,
no matter what combination of short and long filenames they were created with
and are being read with. libsocket now looks for several possible
filenames.
Documentation: Indrek Mandre redesigned the pages. The documentation
on the Web site should now be the same as that in the archive, or more
up-to-date. The HTML pages all have short filenames, and therefore can be
viewed on any version of Windows with a browser. The latest version of
man2html (1.2) is also included.
Makefiles: Fixed demo/Makefile. Added some new targets to cope with
short and long filename issues ("make lfn" and
"make sfn"). Added debug and nodebug targets to binary
distribution.
Man pages: Added man pages from Linux for read(), write(), fcntl(),
ioctl() and select(). Fixed mistakes in a couple of the libsocket man
pages.
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Fixed some ambiguities in conditions in the resolver code, so that the
source could be compiled with gcc 2.8.0 (and later?).
Added code to query the DHCP VxD, to obtain more DNS addresses
automatically.
Tidied up some of the code.
Fixed many memory leaks and reduced memory usage slightly.
Fixed some bugs in the DNS address obtaining code.
gethostname() will no longer return spaces in host names.
Fixed a bug in callvxd.c that lead to nearly *all* socket functions
failing :(
Client demo now has name resolving.
Found a bug in Netsetup that created
host.conf incorrectly when no DNS server was present, leading to the computer
appearing to hang when resolving names. Also fixed some errors in the Netsetup
Makefile.
Slight updates to the FAQ.
Added a man page for host.conf.
Added two new targets, debug and nodebug, to the top-level Makefile to
create Makefile.cfg for debugging and non-debugging builds of the
library.
Moved the library into the contrib/ tree and added manifest
files.
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Richard Dawe took over maintainance of the library.
The source files renamed to have short filenames. This lead to
successful compilation after typing "SET LFN=N" at the DOS
prompt.
The Regdos Group's registry code was incorporated, to allow automatic
configuration using registry settings.
Added Winsock 2 detection. Creation of sockets fails, in order to
prevent protection faults.
Rearranged the library, and created binary and source
distributions.
Fixed a bug in the VxD calling code, pointed out by George
Foot (Later: This was actually a mistake.).
Wrote some new documentation, including a FAQ, and updated the old
documentation.
Fixed getdomainname() to look at the environment variable
LOCALDOMAIN, resolv.conf or the registry, so it's more likely to
succeed.
Modified WS_init() to return errors.
Added support for the enviroment variable LIBSOCKET, so that
configuration files could be placed somewhere other than in the Windows
directory.
Upgraded to the latest version of man2html, the program that converts
man pages into HTML.
Modified resit to use command-line parameters as well as prompting for
a name (e.g. the command form "resit jimbo" now works).
Fixed bug in Netsetup.
Added some defines: FIONREAD, FIONBIO.
Fixed socket() and accept() calls.
Added select() demo, demo/select.c
The library now works with C++.
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Made workaround to djgpp's fsext bug, thanks to Heiko Jappe.
Fixed close(), now fopen() after creating and closing sockets
works.
Added a huge amount of documentation by Richard Dawe.
Added netsetup script by Richard Dawe.
Lots of minor bugs fixed.
Added fcntl() call and defined some new flags that I would like to see
in future DJGPP versions: O_NDELAY and O_FNDELAY.
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Fixed misfeatures in Makefiles pointed out by Laszlo Vecsey. Created one
global Makefile.cfg.
Name resolving now works.
Wrote new demo resit that demonstrates name resolving.
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Fixed bug in recv()/recvfrom() (blocking and return value and EOF
condition).
connect() now waits for Windows; this means send() just after connect()
works now.
Wrote new demo httpget that gets http files from WWW
servers.
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The layout of this page is by Indrek Mandre, and the content is by
Richard Dawe.
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