Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Networking/MFC

[Chris Lawrence <quango@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 20, Andy Black wrote:
> This is probably a dumb question, but I'll ask it anyways.  Does anyone
> know if the networking comands used in freeciv use the XTI interface (from
> X/Open)?  I am wondering because it effects what I do with the server code
> at this point.  If freeciv uses the XTI interface (or TLI interface), it
> should be relativly easy to get networking working on the Mac port. If
> freeciv does not use one of those interfaces, I'll need to rewite the
> network code.

No, Freeciv uses Berkeley sockets.  Any self-respecting networking
implementation should emulate Berkeley sockets... even SysV (which is
where the [imho misguided] TLI originated) includes sockets support.


Chris
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