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Article #617Re: Is LanWorkPlace Winsock 1.1 compliant?
From: Harry M. Pierson
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 00:00
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> configuring a host name for the local PC - > LWP 5.0 returns a null string, which is rather hard to > look up. The Winsock 1.1 spec specifically states: "However, it is guaranteed > that the name returned will be successfully parsed by gethostbyname()..." > > Since this is not the case, I'd have to say that LWP 5.0 is *not* 100% > compliant, and will break some apps that run fine on other stacks. > I had heard exactly the same complaint re: 4.2. The claim that 5.0 is Winsock compliant is Novell's, not mine. Since they made such a big deal of Winsock compatibility in their blurb (and I am don't have LWP), I passes it along. Will they EVER get it right? Harry M. Pierson DREJ Consulting
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fe659,1ae250b5d94ff60f X-Google-Attributes: gidfe659,public X-Google-Thread: f5694,1ae250b5d94ff60f X-Google-Attributes: gidf5694,public X-Google-Thread: fa939,1ae250b5d94ff60f X-Google-Attributes: gidfa939,public X-Google-Thread: fc8d0,1ae250b5d94ff60f X-Google-Attributes: gidfc8d0,public X-Google-Thread: 110d1c,1ae250b5d94ff60f X-Google-Attributes: gid110d1c,public X-Google-Thread: 10f035,1ae250b5d94ff60f X-Google-Attributes: gid10f035,public X-Google-Thread: f8bf7,1ae250b5d94ff60f X-Google-Attributes: gidf8bf7,public From: "Harry M. Pierson" <hpierson@i-2000.com> Subject: Re: Is LanWorkPlace Winsock 1.1 compliant? Date: 1995/07/28 Message-ID: <3v9pvr$pln@i-2000.com> X-Deja-AN: 107042908 references: <3rkc8n$b0u@mark.ucdavis.edu> <3rng03$bp6@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> <3v5997$18ou@hearst.cac.psu.edu> <3v74l9$dmf@i-2000.com> <3v8rog$f47@data.interserv.net> organization: I-2000 Inc. - Internet Services newsgroups: comp.os.netware.misc,comp.os.netware.connectivity,Alt.winsock,alt.winsock.programming,alt.winsock.trumpet,bit.listserv.novell,comp.sys.novell,com