[comp.sys.next] websterd patches?

joe@oregon.uoregon.edu (02/26/91)

Does anyone have patches for the Webster Server under 2.0? When I upgraded
from 1.0 to 2.0, I noticed that websterd broke, but I haven't had a chance
to get it straightened out yet. Has anyone already done so?

Thanks,

Joe St Sauver (JOE@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU or JOE@OREGON)
Statistical Programmer and Consultant
University of Oregon Computing Center

eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (02/26/91)

In article <20520.27c92252@oregon.uoregon.edu> joe@oregon.uoregon.edu writes:
>Does anyone have patches for the Webster Server under 2.0? When I upgraded
>from 1.0 to 2.0, I noticed that websterd broke, but I haven't had a chance
>to get it straightened out yet. Has anyone already done so?

Without /usr/lib/libbtree.a it could be difficult.
Has anyone actually tried teasing it out of NeXT Technical
Support?

					-=EPS=-

sahayman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman) (02/26/91)

I'm working on a 2.0 version of websterd.  It really is almost
ready to go.  I should have something available for FTP by
the end of the week.

In order to compile it you'll need to ask NeXT to send you a
copy of "libbtree.a" and "libtext.a".   I sent a note to
"ask_next@next.com" and they were happy to send me a copy of
these libraries.  I'll also make a compiled version available,
for those of you who trust binaries that you get off the net ...

The thesaurus is unfortunately broken due to bugs in the libtext.a library.
I'm still looking for a way to program around it.  Everything else
works so far, I finally got spelling correction working again tonight.

I'll post a note when it's ready.   This week.  I promise.

Steve 

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mattson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Jim Mattson) (02/27/91)

joe@oregon.uoregon.edu writes:

>Does anyone have patches for the Webster Server under 2.0? When I upgraded
>from 1.0 to 2.0, I noticed that websterd broke, but I haven't had a chance
>to get it straightened out yet. Has anyone already done so?

>Thanks,

>Joe St Sauver (JOE@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU or JOE@OREGON)
>Statistical Programmer and Consultant
>University of Oregon Computing Center

I never actually used the 1.0 version, but after reading several postings
here, I did pick up the libtext.a and libbtree.a libraries from NeXT, and
I've modified the standard ndbm-based websterd to use them.  A preliminary
version is available via anonymous ftp from sdcsvax.ucsd.edu (132.239.51.2)
in pub/next-websterd.tar.Z.  Comments welcome.

--jim
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