1 Frequently Asked Questions
3 Q1) Is this the same thing as db-sockets
5 A1) Basically, yes. It's hoped that bundling it as a contrib may make
6 it easier for people to install.
8 Q2) What are these test things? How do I run the tests?
10 A2) Some of the tests get run automatically when the package is built
11 - if the tests fail, the package is not installed. The rest of the
12 tests depend on having Internet access which may not always be the
13 case on a build machine, but you can run them by hand from the Lisp
14 listener, if you want to:
18 This uses the regression tester from the CMU AI repository to run the
19 tests defined in tests.lisp. You should not get any test failures,
22 a) your "echo" services are disabled in inetd.conf -
23 SIMPLE-TCP-CLIENT and SIMPLE-UDP-CLIENT both attempt to connect to the
26 b) you're not on the internet - SIMPLE-HTTP-CLIENT attempts to connect to
27 ww.telent.net, and other tests do DNS lookups for well-known hosts
29 c) a.root-servers.net has moved IP address
31 Q3) What's constants.lisp-temp?
33 A3) Many of the structure offsets and symbolic constants vary between
34 architectures and operating systems. To avoid a maintenance
35 nightmare, we derive them automatically by creating and running a
36 small C program. The C program is created by def-to-lisp.lisp
37 with input from constants.lisp
39 Some of the exciting stuff in bsd-sockets.asd writes a C program in
40 /tmp, compiles it, and runs it. The output from this program becomes
43 Q4) Is this compatible with ACL? With CMUCL's internet.lisp?
45 A4) No. This is a sufficiently low-level interface that either could
46 be built on top of it, though. Actually, theq ACL-COMPAT library that
47 comes with Portable Allegroserve may already have this.