Subject: Re: bin/896: talk(1) does not interoperate with non-NetBSD systems
To: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@lagavulin.pdl.cs.cmu.edu>
From: Thorsten Lockert <tholo@SigmaSoft.COM>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/23/1995 00:52:28
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> > >Description:
> > talk(1) no longer interoperates with non-NetBSD (current?) systems,
> > getting stuck repeating the "[Checking for invitation]" message over
> > and over.
> >
> > >How-To-Repeat:
> > Try using talk(1) to a non-NetBSD system, such as BSD/386 1.1, Ultrix,
> > Solaris 2.3 etc...
>
> i just tried it with NetBSD -current and NetBSD-1.0-or-so, against
> Ultrix. it also works against DEC OSF/1 3.x (now DEC UNIX, i guess),
> but not OSF/1 2.0 (because 2.0 had a broken talk/talkd).
>
> i don't have a BSD/386 1.1 system to try it against, but until i try
> it and it fails, i'm not convinced that it doesn't work...
*sigh* Turns out it is my (temporary) provider that filter out the UDP
packets talk uses on the gateway... I guess I should have checked it out
more thoroughly before filing a PR on it.
At any rate, the PR can safely be closed.
Thorsten
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