[Bug: 21.4.13] gnuserv configuration

[Laurelin of Middle Earth]

I was afraid that this would be the case.

I do not have access to the source code -- the sysadmins install
xemacs through some sort of rpm thingie, and all I get are the .elc
files in the end.  Learning how to build the whole of xemacs from
scratch is way beyond my limit.

I therefore make a humble feature request: that somebody turn this
into a run-time option rather than a build-time option.

Thank you for your assistance,

lauri

Thus spaketh Stephen J. Turnbull on 11/18/2006 08:08 AM:

> Laurelin of Middle Earth writes:
> 
>  > My situation: I use gnuserv/gnuclient.  My site's Security Gurus are
>  > complaining about the fact that gnuserv is listening for incoming
>  > connections on an open port,
> 
> And well they might!
> 
>  > It looks to me as if what I *want* to do is to force the use of unix
>  > sockets rather than internet sockets.  Is this something that I can do
>  > without somehow finding a different build of xemacs (or rolling my
>  > own)?  Is it a configuration option, or must it be built in at compile
>  > time?
> 
> It's compile time.  On or near line 54 of lib-src/gnuserv.h you will
> find the line
> 
> #define INTERNET_DOMAIN_SOCKETS
> 
> Change it to
> 
> #undef INTERNET_DOMAIN_SOCKETS
> 
> and rebuild.  This is very low-tech, I know, but nobody's ever
> contributed a patch to make this a configurable option (either via
> configure at build time or in Lisp at runtime).
> 
> In theory, you could just run ./configure and then "make gnuserv" in
> the lib-src directory and save some time.  However, I can't promise
> that gnuserv doesn't depend on any of the configuration options chosen
> by your vendor (Red Hat, I guess?)
> 
>  > I hope I've explained this clearly enough.
> 
> Certainly, it was very clear.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Steve