Allow pre-defined server local channels ("&").

[ngircd-alex.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f4a6ae4d74e66bd7435342c1b8c65a849c3763be..60e7b5ebff45488365786aa582ce93f9215070b3 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
 
 
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
 

-                      (c)2001-2006 by Alexander Barton,
+                        (c)2001-2007 Alexander Barton,

                     alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/
 
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                     alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/
 
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the


@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ on modern UNIX-like systems that are supported by GNU autoconf and GNU
 automake ("configure") should be no problem.
 
 The normal installation procedure after getting (and expanding) the source
 automake ("configure") should be no problem.
 
 The normal installation procedure after getting (and expanding) the source

-files (using a distribution archive or CVS) is as following:
+files (using a distribution archive or GIT) is as following:

 
 

-  1) ./autogen.sh      [only necessary when using CVS]
+  1) ./autogen.sh      [only necessary when using GIT]

   2) ./configure
   3) make
   4) make install
   2) ./configure
   3) make
   4) make install


@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ doc/ directory: sample-ngircd.conf.
 
 The first step, autogen.sh, is only necessary if the configure-script isn't
 already generated. This never happens in official ("stable") releases in
 
 The first step, autogen.sh, is only necessary if the configure-script isn't
 already generated. This never happens in official ("stable") releases in

-tar.gz-archives, but when using CVS.
+tar.gz-archives, but when using GIT.

 
 This step is therefore only interesting for developers.
 
 
 This step is therefore only interesting for developers.
 


@@ -149,14 +149,20 @@ standard locations.
   The Z compression library ("libz") is required for this option.
   
 * IO Backend (autodetected by default):
   The Z compression library ("libz") is required for this option.
   
 * IO Backend (autodetected by default):

+  --with-select[=<path>] / --without-select
+  --with-poll[=<path>] / --without-poll
+  --with-devpoll[=<path>] / --without-devpoll

   --with-epoll[=<path>] / --without-epoll
   --with-kqueue[=<path>] / --without-kqueue  
 
   --with-epoll[=<path>] / --without-epoll
   --with-kqueue[=<path>] / --without-kqueue  
 

-  ngIRCd can use three different IO "backends": the "old school" select()
+  ngIRCd can use different IO "backends": the "old school" select() and poll()

   API which should be supported by most UNIX-like operating systems, or the
   API which should be supported by most UNIX-like operating systems, or the

-  more efficient and flexible epoll() (Linux 2.6) or kqueue() (BSD) APIs.
+  more efficient and flexible epoll() (Linux >=2.6), kqueue() (BSD) and
+  /dev/poll APIs.

   By default the IO backend is autodetected, but you can use "--without-xxx"
   By default the IO backend is autodetected, but you can use "--without-xxx"

-  to disable a more enhanced API and force the daemon to use select().
+  to disable a more enhanced API.
+  When using the epoll() API, support for select() is compiled in as well by
+  default to enable the binary to run on older Linux kernels (<2.6), too.

 
 * IDENT-Support:
   --with-ident[=<path>]
 
 * IDENT-Support:
   --with-ident[=<path>]


@@ -238,7 +244,3 @@ These parameters could be passed to the ngIRCd:
 Use "--help" to see a short help text describing all available parameters
 the server understands, with "--version" the ngIRCd shows its version
 number. In both cases the server exits after the output.
 Use "--help" to see a short help text describing all available parameters
 the server understands, with "--version" the ngIRCd shows its version
 number. In both cases the server exits after the output.

-
-
--- 
-$Id: INSTALL,v 1.24 2006/08/03 14:37:29 alex Exp $