Re: [MacPerl] A question to Paul

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pjstoaster.pg.md.us>]

mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning/Metrica) writes:
}Hello again!  :-)
}
}I decided to try out the libnet routines on my PowerBook
}165c which (for some strange reason) I can not upgrade from
}System 7.1.  Anyway, the libnet routines work wonderfully
}well under 7.5.3 on my PowerPC but they complain about the
}Socket routines not being 1.3 on the PowerBook.  Any idea
}what extension I need in order to get them to work?
}Thanks!  :-)

What version of MacPerl is on the Powerbook?  My guess is you need to
upgrade it.  libnet works just find on my Powerbook 165 running 7.5.5 and
MacPerl5.13r2.  I don't think the 7.5.5 is the reason it works; libnet is
complaining that Socket.pm (plus, more importantly, the C part of Socket,
which is compiled into MacPerl), is not at version 1.3 or above.  The
Socket.pm in MacPerl 5.13r2 is version 1.5.

You can also try finding the line(s?) in libnet that says "use Socket 1.3"
and knock off the 1.3 and see if it works.  It might work if the 1.3
interface hasn't changed radically from the earlier versions.



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Paul J. Schinder
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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schinder@pjstoaster.pg.md.us