Re: [Bug-gnubg] gnubg-multi on Windows

[Holger]

At 16:49 29.07.2003 +0200, Olivier Baur wrote:
> Le mardi, 29 juil 2003, à 15:31 Europe/Paris, Holger a écrit :
>
> > As I describe in another mail, I've tried to switch one instance to slave 
> > mode. It doesn't stay there, but returns to master mode immediately. I 
> > suppose it shouldn't? With any kind of notification gnubg exits with signal 03.
>
> I have updated my sources with the Windows modifications you have made, 
> but I haven't had time to look at the code already. I would guess that 
> something must not be working properly with winsocks, while waiting for a 
> new connection from a master; I'll be looking at it this evening.

Btw, do you have access to any Windows PC for testing?

> Please, also be careful in using the default TCP port, since a web server 
> might be running on your host and already listening to port 80 (this can 
> be checked by trying to open http://localhost:80 in your web browser)

No, there are no servers on the machines I'm working on that I don't know 
of.  ;)

> Maybe I should change the default port to something else... anyone has 
> directions about which number to choose?

I guess any unassigned port from 
http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers . And maybe higher than 1000? 
Does anyone has a special preference?

Regards,

        Holger