From: Ivo Timmermans Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:17:29 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Fix `Requirements'-section for GMP and OpenSSL libraries. X-Git-Tag: release-1.0pre3~91 X-Git-Url: https://git.tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2e159d0139e77041ad82e96bf0abef6aaf64a258;p=tinc Fix `Requirements'-section for GMP and OpenSSL libraries. --- diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi index 3302baa9..16229e53 100644 --- a/doc/tinc.texi +++ b/doc/tinc.texi @@ -349,45 +349,17 @@ Unfortunately somebody still has to write the text. @section Libraries @cindex requirements -Before you can configure or build tinc, you need to have two libraries -installed on your system, GMP and OpenSSL. If you try to configure tinc -without having installed both, configure will give you an error message, -and stop. +Before you can configure or build tinc, you need to have the OpenSSL +library installed on your system. If you try to configure tinc without +having installed it, configure will give you an error message, and stop. @menu -* GMP:: * OpenSSL:: @end menu @c ================================================================== -@node GMP, OpenSSL, Libraries, Libraries -@subsection GMP - -@cindex GMP -tinc uses the GNU Multiple Precision (GMP) library to do some -authentication-related calculations. tinc cannot run without this -library. If you try to configure the tinc source code without this -library installed, you will get an error message. - -Currently, versions 1.x, 2.x, 3.0 and 3.0.1 of this library are -supported. You may try to configure if you have another version -installed, chances are big it works without a problem. - -You can use your operating system's package manager to install this if -available. Make sure you install the development AND runtime versions -of this package. - -If you can't install GMP this way, you can get the source of this latest -version of this library from -@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/gmp/gmp.html}. Instructions on how to -configure, build and install this package are included within the -package. Please make sure you build development and runtime libraries -(which is the default). - - -@c ================================================================== -@node OpenSSL, , GMP, Libraries +@node OpenSSL, , Libraries, Libraries @subsection OpenSSL @cindex OpenSSL @@ -396,10 +368,13 @@ by the OpenSSL library. We recommend using version 0.9.5 or 0.9.6 of this library. Other versions may also work, but we can guarantee nothing. -Disclaimers from the subsection on GMP also apply here; if this library -is not installed, you wil get an error when running configure. Support -for running tinc without having OpenSSL installed @emph{may} be added in -the future. +If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when configuring +tinc for build. Support for running tinc without having OpenSSL +installed @emph{may} be added in the future. + +You can use your operating system's package manager to install this if +available. Make sure you install the development AND runtime versions +of this package. If you have to install OpenSSL manually, you can get the source code from @url{http://www.openssl.org/}. Instructions on how to configure,