From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 13 23:39:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA18295 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 23:39:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA18290 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 23:39:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id aa06156; 14 Jul 96 7:39 +0100 Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id ac23109; 13 Jul 96 1:24 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA02520; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 22:21:45 GMT Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 22:21:45 GMT Message-Id: <199607122221.WAA02520@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: marc@cyberswinger.com CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <31E5A9C0.712B@cyberswinger.com> (message from marc on Thu, 11 Jul 1996 18:26:24 -0700) Subject: Re: ISIS-freeWAIS installation Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> marc writes: > I've been having problems getting the clients to work after compiling > free-WAIS-0.5 (not able to create socket connection when using waisq, > no response from waisserver), and am looking for any suggestions/tips > on what might have caused this. Was the WAIS server running? Are the files it needs in the place it expects to find them? > The waisq/waisserver clients did work at first, but the sockets problem > arrived and I have had no luck since. Hmm. Maybe a case of the TIME_WAIT problem? (If you close a connection to a server, it will not accept another connection from a client with the same port/IP number combo for a few minutes). (*) > I just downloaded the ISIS-freeWAIS-0.5-FreeBSD package but notice that > there are no Makefiles for FreeBSD (v 2.1). Same problem for > free-WAIS-0.5 also. What Makefile should I use? Is bsdi safe? As a rule of thumb, if a program doesn't directly support FreeBSD, its support for NetBSD, BSDI or BSD4.4 (or even BSD4.3) is a good place to start. You will probably find it useful to read the Handbook entry on how to prepare a port (even if you're not thinking of submitting your work as an actual port, there are some useful tips there). (*) Warning - slightly over-simplistic explanation -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/