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@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +Contact Information: + + * Bug Reports: + - bugs@ircd-hybrid.org + * General Discussion and Support mailing list: + - https://lists.ircd-hybrid.org/mailman/listinfo/hybrid + - hybrid@lists.ircd-hybrid.org + +******************************* IMPORTANT ************************************* + + + ************ Note for those who don't bother reading docs *************** + * - Reading INSTALL is now a must, as the old DPATH is now specified * + * when configure is run. * + * You now need to ./configure --prefix="/path/to/install/it" * + * - The old config format WILL NOT WORK. Please see doc/example.conf ! * + * - The old kline, dline, xline format WILL NOT WORK. * + ************************************************************************* + + ALSO, IF YOU ARE UPGRADING YOUR CURRENT SOURCE TREE, AND YOU TRY TO BUILD + IN IT WITHOUT PERFORMING AT LEAST 'make clean', THINGS _WILL_ BREAK. IT IS + RECOMMENDED THAT YOU RUN 'make distclean' AND THEN RERUN './configure'! + +******************************* REQUIREMENTS ********************************** + +Necessary Requirements: + +- A supported platform (look below) + +- A working dynamic load library + +Feature Specific Requirements: + +- For the SSL Challenge controlled OPER feature, compressed and/or + SSL/TLS server links, as well as SSL/TLS client connections, + a working OpenSSL library is required + +- For encrypted oper and (optional) server passwords, a working DES and/or + MD5 library + +- For regular expression based kline{} and gecos{} blocks, the + PCRE - Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library is required + +******************************************************************************* + +- See the INSTALL document for info on configuring and compiling + ircd-hybrid. + +- Please read doc/index.txt to get an overview of the current documentation. + +- Known bugs are listed in the BUGS file + +- TESTED PLATFORMS: The code has been tested on the following platforms, and + is known to run properly. + (FIXME: this list is out of date) + CentOS 5.8 + Red Hat Linux 9 + Ubuntu 12.04 + +- If you are wondering why config.h no longer exists, it's because most + things that were once in config.h are now specified in the 'general' + block of ircd.conf. Look at example.conf for more information about + these options. + +- /etc/resolv.conf must exist for the resolver to work. + +- Please read NEWS for information about what is in this release. + +- Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, INSTALL + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +$Id$ |