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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8547efc16463fa7ac062f2754f173e5becc93511..45ebe993edef3ca2e9b3ad9c917c9cc99980ca82 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
                            http://ngircd.barton.de/
 
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
                            http://ngircd.barton.de/
 

-               (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+               (c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton and Contributors.

                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
 
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
 


@@ -17,6 +17,38 @@ Differences to version 17
 - Support for ZeroConf/Bonjour/Rendezvous service registration has been
   removed. The configuration option "NoZeroconf" is no longer available.
 
 - Support for ZeroConf/Bonjour/Rendezvous service registration has been
   removed. The configuration option "NoZeroconf" is no longer available.
 

+- The structure of ngircd.conf has been cleaned up and three new configuration
+  sections have been introduced: [Limits], [Options], and [SSL].
+  Lots of configuration variables stored in the [Global] section are now
+  deprecated there and should be stored in one of these new sections (but
+  still work in [Global]):
+    "AllowRemoteOper"    -> [Options]
+    "ChrootDir"          -> [Options]
+    "ConnectIPv4"        -> [Options]
+    "ConnectIPv6"        -> [Options]
+    "ConnectRetry"       -> [Limits]
+    "MaxConnections"     -> [Limits]
+    "MaxConnectionsIP"   -> [Limits]
+    "MaxJoins"           -> [Limits]
+    "MaxNickLength"      -> [Limits]
+    "NoDNS"              -> [Options], and renamed to "DNS"
+    "NoIdent"            -> [Options], and renamed to "Ident"
+    "NoPAM"              -> [Options], and renamed to "PAM"
+    "OperCanUseMode"     -> [Options]
+    "OperServerMode"     -> [Options]
+    "PingTimeout"        -> [Limits]
+    "PongTimeout"        -> [Limits]
+    "PredefChannelsOnly" -> [Options]
+    "SSLCertFile"        -> [SSL], and renamed to "CertFile"
+    "SSLDHFile"          -> [SSL], and renamed to "DHFile"
+    "SSLKeyFile"         -> [SSL], and renamed to "KeyFile"
+    "SSLKeyFilePassword" -> [SSL], and renamed to "KeyFilePassword"
+    "SSLPorts"           -> [SSL], and renamed to "Ports"
+    "SyslogFacility"     -> [Options]
+    "WebircPassword"     -> [Options]
+  You should adjust your ngircd.conf and run "ngircd --configtest" to make
+  sure that your settings are correct and up to date!
+

 Differences to version 16
 
 - Changes to the "MotdFile" specified in ngircd.conf now require a ngircd
 Differences to version 16
 
 - Changes to the "MotdFile" specified in ngircd.conf now require a ngircd


@@ -102,7 +134,7 @@ Again: "end users" do not need this step!
 
 The configure-script is used to detect local system dependencies.
 
 
 The configure-script is used to detect local system dependencies.
 

-In the perfect case, configure should recognise all needed libraries, header
+In the perfect case, configure should recognize all needed libraries, header

 files and so on. If this shouldn't work, "./configure --help" shows all
 possible options.
 
 files and so on. If this shouldn't work, "./configure --help" shows all
 possible options.