Ws2_32.dll test binary

[Alex Ionescu]

Hi,

A lot of people have requested to see try out the new ws2_32.dll binary. 
It's not complete yet, and I know the following applications don't work:

- Possibly all cygwin apps that use fork() and sockets
- tracert, and other XP applications which use getnameinfo().

IE6, Filezilla, Thunderbird, Firefox, MIRC, MSN, Outlook Express all 
work for me, but I'd be interested in other big applications that have 
trouble.

Instructions:
 1) Unzip zip file contents to the directory of the program you wish to test
 2) Create a blank file in that directory, named program.exe.local, 
where program is the name of your app. Example: iexplore.exe.local

Please make sure that you are using Microsoft Windows XP or higher for 
your tests.

I'd be happy to receive any news of application crashes or 
incompatibilities. I'm most interested in games.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu

PS. This is a debug build. It prints out a lot of debug messages if you 
have a debugger attached and is also built without any optimizations. As 
such, network throughput might be slower. This is normal.

[Gge]

Alex Ionescu wrote:
>   Hi,
>  
>  A lot of people have requested to see try out the new ws2_32.dll binary. 
>  It's not complete yet, and I know the following applications don't work:
>  
>  - Possibly all cygwin apps that use fork() and sockets
>  - tracert, and other XP applications which use getnameinfo().
>  
>  IE6, Filezilla, Thunderbird, Firefox, MIRC, MSN, Outlook Express all 
>  work for me, but I'd be interested in other big applications that have 
>  trouble.
>  
>  Instructions:
>  1) Unzip zip file contents to the directory of the program you wish to test
>  2) Create a blank file in that directory, named program.exe.local, where 
>  program is the name of your app. Example: iexplore.exe.local
>  
>  Please make sure that you are using Microsoft Windows XP or higher for 
>  your tests.
>  
>  I'd be happy to receive any news of application crashes or 
>  incompatibilities. I'm most interested in games.
>  
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>  
>  PS. This is a debug build. It prints out a lot of debug messages if you 
>  have a debugger attached and is also built without any optimizations. As 
>  such, network throughput might be slower. This is normal.
>  
>   
Hello Alex,

I just tested with Xchat.exe on Winxp

Xhat program crashes when I select freenode server .
There is no trace in the xchat.exe.local ( ? )

Regards
Gge

[Thomas Weidenmueller]

Alex Ionescu wrote:
>   PS. This is a debug build. It prints out a lot of
> debug messages if you
>  have a debugger attached and is also built without any optimizations. As
>  such, network throughput might be slower. This is normal. 
Thanks very much. Any chance you could publush the sources for reviews?
Or simply commit them to a branch.

- Thomas