1 If you don't read this first, we won't help you.
4 ******************************* IMPORTANT *************************************
6 *********** Note for those who dont bother reading docs *****************
7 * - Reading INSTALL is now a must, as the old DPATH is now specified *
8 * when configure is run. *
9 * You now need to ./configure --prefix="/path/to/install/it" *
10 * - The old config format WILL NOT WORK. Please see doc/example.conf ! *
11 * - The old kline format WILL NOT WORK. Please use convertklines which *
12 * will be installed with your ircd! *
13 *************************************************************************
15 ALSO, IF YOU ARE UPGRADING YOUR CURRENT SOURCE TREE, AND YOU TRY TO BUILD
16 IN IT WITHOUT PERFORMING AT LEAST 'make clean', THINGS _WILL_ BREAK. IT IS
17 RECOMMENDED THAT YOU RUN 'make distclean' AND THEN RERUN './configure'!
19 ******************************* REQUIREMENTS **********************************
21 Necessary Requirements:
23 - A supported platform (look below)
25 - A working dynamic load library, unless
26 compiling as static, without module
29 - A working lex. Solaris /usr/ccs/bin/lex
30 appears to be broken, on this system flex
34 Feature Specific Requirements:
36 - For the SSL Challenge controlled OPER feature and encrypted server links,
37 a working OpenSSL library
39 - For encrypted oper and (optional) server passwords, a working DES and/or
42 *******************************************************************************
44 - To report bugs in ircd-ratbox, send the bug report to ircd-ratbox@lists.ratbox.org
46 - Known bugs are listed in the BUGS file
48 - See the INSTALL document for info on configuring and compiling
51 - Please read doc/index.txt to get an overview of the current documentation.
53 - Old Hybrid 5/6 configuration files are no longer supported. All conf
54 files will have to be converted to the new format. A convertconf
55 utility is provided and installed into bin/.
57 - If you are wondering why config.h is practically empty, its because many
58 things that were once in config.h are now specified in the 'general'
59 block of ircd.conf. Look at example.conf for more information about
62 - The files, /etc/services, /etc/protocols, and /etc/resolv.conf, MUST be
63 readable by the user running the server in order for ircd to start.
64 Errors from adns causing the ircd to refuse to start up are often related
65 to permission problems on these files.
67 - There is a mailing list for ircd-ratbox. To subscribe to this list
68 visit http://lists.ratbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ircd-ratbox
69 Note that this list also gets the commit emails from the CVS server.
71 - FREEBSD USERS: if you are compiling with ipv6 you may experience
72 problems with ipv4 due to the way the socket code is written. To
73 fix this you must: "sysctl net.inet6.ip6.v6only=0"
75 - SOLARIS USERS: this code appears to tickle a bug in older gcc and
76 egcs ONLY on 64-bit Solaris7. gcc-2.95 and SunPro C on 64bit should
77 work fine, and any gcc or SunPro compiled on 32bit.
79 - DARWIN AND MACOS X USERS: You must be using at least the December 2001
80 Development Tools from Apple to build ircd-ratbox with shared modules.
81 Before then you MUST disable shared modules, as we do not have the proper
82 flags for cc(1) prior to that point to produce shared modules.
84 - SUPPORTED PLATFORMS: this code should compile without any warnings
85 on FreeBSD 3.x/4.x, RedHat 6.2, Debian Potato and Solaris 7/8 sparc.
86 Please let us know if you find otherwise.
87 It probably does not compile on AIX, IRIX or libc5 Linux.
89 - TESTED PLATFORMS: The code has been tested on the following platforms, and
90 is known to run properly.
97 - Please read doc/whats-new.txt for information about what is in this release
99 - Other files recommended for reading: BUGS, INSTALL
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102 $Id: README.FIRST 26 2006-09-20 18:02:06Z spb $