socketlib.txt - bsd socket emulation library for Minix
Claudio Tantignone - ctantignone@hotmail.com       22 March 2004
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file to download: socketlib.taz

This is an emulation library to use standard socket calls
in programs under Minix. Tested under 2.0.2 and 2.0.4 (32bits).

The library creates the calls to Minix networking calls.

There are a few routines available now. These ones allows
to succesfully compile some tools like

- OpenSSL
- lynx
- stunnel

Installation like

# make install

You need to include into your program

#include <socket.h>

and while compiling

# cc -l socket ...

to have the networking support.

Any feedback is welcome

[descriptive file edited by ASW 2005-03-27]

socketlib v0.3.0 update
Jakub Wesolowski                                   February 2020
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This update adds more BSD socket fuctionality from OpenBSD 
source code to Minix. 

It was made for SSH 2.1.1p4 to compile on Minix.

Tested only on Minix 2.0.3, but should work also on 2.0.2. 

Requires select() system call to compile.

It should allow for more network programs written for BSD 
sockets to compile and work on Minix.

Changes:
- commented out some code to not collide with select() 
  system call implementation, which adds the same code already.
- removed fake select() implementation for the actual select()
  to work
- changed the names of "sockaddr" structure to be compatible
  with OpenBSD
- added "sockaddr_un" and "linger" structures from OpenBSD
- added many socket defines from OpenBSD for the network
  programs to compile
- added "getpeername" implementation
- fixed a bug in mnx_bind() when detecting "ANY" IP address
- moved "syslog" define to bsdports library

Installation is the same as in previous version described by
Claudio Tantignone.