Can't install sockets_laz,

[Trenatos]

I'm trying to install sockets_laz, I ran into an error about LCLBase so I added it as a requirement for the package, and now I'm getting several compilation errors when trying to compile/install.

I'm on El Capitan, Lazarus 1.6.2, FPC 3.0.0

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1. Compile package sockets_laz 0.2: Exit code 256, Errors: 3, Hints: 1
2. socketclient.pas(173,20) Hint: Mixing signed expressions and longwords gives a 64bit result
3. socketclient.pas(226,14) Error: Identifier not found "shutdown"
4. socketclient.pas(262,32) Error: No default property available
5. socketclient.pas(262,32) Fatal: Syntax error, ")" expected but "[" found

Has anyone run into this, or can help me solve it?

[Thaddy]

That seems to be 12 years old and unmaintained? Use one of the other sockets solutions. No wonder it does not work.

Try fpsock (recommended) or synapse or maybe Indy.

[Trenatos]

Thanks, I'll go take a look at them.

I was trying to use it because it's what's listed on the wiki for sockets:  http://wiki.freepascal.org/Sockets

[marcov]

2.4.x and 2.6.x kicked out some old legacy functions that were deprecated after 1.0.

It seems this package is either based on something really old (FPC 1.x) or used despite they were deprecated.

[Thaddy]

Lazarus 0.9.6 (FPC 1.9.8 )

I have edited the wiki to the extend that the entry is for documentation purpose only.
If the author objects, he can update his components.

[Trenatos]

Odd, the Wiki isn't loading for me at all now, anyone else having issues?

I'll take a look at the other socket implementations later today or tomorrow, gotta take care of work before I can play, thanks for the info guys, I appreciate it

[Trenatos]

I'm trying to get this fpsock example working:  http://pascal-geek.blogspot.com/2012/06/encryption-decryption-and-asynchronous.html

But I get an error on fpsock.

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1. project1.lpr(6,36) Fatal: Cannot find fpSock used by Program.

Am I just missing something silly?

[marcov]

fpsock is compiled for *BSD and Linux only it seems.

[Trenatos]

Allright... Any way to make it work on OSX? Or is there a recommended socket solution on OSX?