[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Some little patches

[Gaute B Strokkenes <gs234@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, akemnade@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>  > > tcpip.diff: If the tcp/ip protocol is not installed print
>  > >           something saying more than "0: socket failed: No
>  > >           error"
>  > 
>  > If I read this correctly you always produce this message, even if
>  > TCP/IP is installed.  (Incidentally, is it possible to install
>  > Windows without internet support these days?  What's going on
>  > here?)
> 
> I have had bug reports containing that line above. I had to think
> very long to find out what the problem was. These people wanted to
> play freeciv on a single computer without having tcp/ip
> installed. Yes, that's possible! Sometimes IPX/SPX is installed by
> default on windows but not tcp/ip (e.g. on win95).

The mind boggles.  Anyway, that's settled then, I guess.

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Big Gaute                               http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~gs234/
I can't decide which WRONG TURN to make first!!
 I wonder if BOB GUCCIONE has these problems!