[Freeciv] Re: new client old server possible?
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[Freeciv] Re: new client old server possible? |
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Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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Thu, 8 Feb 2001 16:12:20 +0100 |
On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 08:08:12AM +0100, Niels Weber wrote:
> I thought, it should be posssible to use a new client (cvs snapshot)
> with an "old" server (1.11.4). But as I now tried to connect (over
> network), it wasn't really possible.
This may be due to a bug in 1.11.4.
> In the terminal (from where I started the client) I getmay messages
> like:1: Received bad government id 1 in handle_ruleset_government1:
> Received bad government num 1 for title1:
> Received bad unit_type id 0 in handle_ruleset_unit()
> 1: Received bad building id 0 in handle_ruleset_building()
> 1: Received bad nation id 0 in handle_ruleset_nation()
> ...
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> Any idea what's going wrong? Or is it just impossible?
The bug causes Freeciv packets to be fragmented. As a result, the
receiving end may try to interpret input as a packet that really is
data in the middle of a packet. That is what you may be seeing.
If it still happens with a CVS server let us know;
it's supposed to be fixed.
--
Reinier
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