From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19264 invoked by alias); 13 May 2014 19:38:55 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 19251 invoked by uid 89); 13 May 2014 19:38:55 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 13 May 2014 19:38:54 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 9AB5A8E0773; Tue, 13 May 2014 21:38:50 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 19:38:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: bind to multicast address fails Message-ID: <20140513193850.GB2436@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <53722A02.5070201@web.de> <20140513145517.GS2436@calimero.vinschen.de> <20140513173617.GB5962@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6pjpgtPchv3bUQQn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140513173617.GB5962@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SW-Source: 2014-q2/txt/msg00011.txt.bz2 --6pjpgtPchv3bUQQn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1320 On May 13 13:36, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 04:55:17PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On May 13 16:19, Moritz Warning wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA256 > >>=20 > >> Hi, > >>=20 > >> I try to bind a socket to a multicast address (239.192.202.5). But it = fails with an error: > >> "Cannot assign requested address" > >>=20 > >> Is this not supported using Cygwin? I've added a simple test program i= n case someone wants > >> to verify. > > > >It's a problem win the underlying Winsock (again). Maybe this discussion > >on stackoverflow helps you along: > > > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6140734/cannot-bind-to-multicast-addr= ess-windows > > > >Right now I have no inclination to workaround this problem in Cygwin. > >Maybe if you ping me again in a month or so. Of course, patches are > >always welcome... >=20 > I think that the current consensus is that everyone is tired about > excuses like "no inclination" or "no time" or "vacation" or "death in > the family" or "newborn baby". Frankly, I think if there is an issue > you should be fixing it. This issue has clearly been in the code for a > long time and, although it probably doesn't work on MSYS2, that should > be no excuse for not fixing it in Cygwin. Yes, Sir, Officer, Sir! Corinna --6pjpgtPchv3bUQQn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-length: 819 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTcnTKAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gar8P/jaq6J14kBqH002b4HaDDmg8 8GCWritDSqnq1p1K9N4CYWBNzClMNC4+9GyBxCv+ae/YUu9r2Nz3lTCXNGjHv2Ep U5ukqiAQuyTonPk+JeYiaDWSiCwWPDcbhW77xIT8w3Y1BYGcR1FZInufhPkqaf6Z Y0vRD8Pz5GR/wRyeU90aBbw8lXzfkQ4oMjWocpKnmuIXPH/pgl3FCpEkdxVGNzDN jDMzECBtjuDZ7sIfJwxq7UiVe664PL9aqVTBJvVzmYdb8XIkFV+wwnOFvve/sP/O Nt0DUmV2iWt68otWZ9GTAAB8/FecOQXNt5/gomKynkDYxyxFqR8MmXlcL7AGX7qP gnBk0x8zOOXlUMZo8XU48MSmGMT6B9/YPRfNHM+9PBKc2aXtB0tROHZUWvZlim+T Ep/1XYvxdRVTEY3ueQz8nllAfBfFy6wMRy5+dxddDx/wo0PRt2aRb28wWocN1shK tj5xVT8ZvvaYZHghY4cmCaP2Vale4x4o5iJiU/+hnNfDPT/Pf7w081JPsvkkng0D vWMIJX21zkf74udUAPTs05CnnC2X8PZLVtyJwCx+Sun25m2EfxfyHnwf5v0yQd84 cdi8cX4pUuKtjbGk6nd8B+K+2GLgxqGcs5wtd0VFVDFNQ0B+8LigZ8XsG6ZOpZ6Q /ncGjqg3jgJ0xs/LaNAW =slwz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6pjpgtPchv3bUQQn--