Re: flexfax: PATCH: hfaxd 4.0pl1 fixes for WHFC "syntax error" bug

[Uri Shkolnik <uri@harmonic.co.il>]

I had looked for a solution for a long long time, I didn't know that it had been
found.
Can you specified the patch, where can I get it, and how to install it?.

Thanks,

Uri

Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:

> Alan Sparks wrote:
> >
> > Been testing this fix out for a few days, and it seems to work well.  So
> > here it is.
> >
> > This patch to hfaxd fixes the occurrence of the "500 '': Syntax error,
> > expecting command token." error we've been fighting, using Hylafax 4.0pl1
> > and WHFC 0.x.  This patch is applied by going to your hfaxd directory, and
> > feeding the following (after "CUT HERE") to the "patch" utility.
> >
> > After watching the incoming stream from UNIX and NT clients, the problem
> > seems to localize in the getCmdLine() function of Parser.c++.  While the
> > command stream from UNIX clients appears continuous and unbroken, the
> > Windows client stream is sporadic and broken (odd Gates-ian flow control?).
> > Is broken flow triggers execution of the lines:
>
> Hi,
>
> is this really a bug of windows ? or is this a bug of HylaFAX.
> As i remember it's valid that not all data is sent at once.
> Here is an excerpt of the man page of the recv call :
>
>        The receive calls normally return any data avail­
>        able, up to the requested amount, rather than waiting  for
>        receipt  of  the  full  amount requested;
>
> Uli
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