X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?p=chiark-tcl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2FREADME;h=7102c8aac8bc9bf5af794199ae32aa87cc835cea;hp=e0fa3f2e5556f2c2e5c4b89a4754c41a892ca043;hb=6748eeee8aa9748c6e9718ac1a1a568802bda805;hpb=5dca360f2da544c9b6baf9d18ad8cd0b0e073e60 diff --git a/debian/README b/debian/README index e0fa3f2..7102c8a 100644 --- a/debian/README +++ b/debian/README @@ -29,8 +29,16 @@ To gain an understanding of the way the *.tct files work, take a look at adns.c.txt which describes the `adns' command provided by the adns binding. -Note that the file /usr/lib/chiark_tcl-1.so is NOT an amalgam of all -of the extensions. It is a set of common routines which will be +Note that the file /usr/lib/libchiark_tcl-1.so is NOT an amalgam of +all of the extensions. It is a set of common routines which will be loaded automatically when required. Each extension must be loaded explicitly with the Tcl `load' command to bring the additional commands into the Tcl command namespace. + +To use the adns and nettle bindings you need to have the appropriate +libraries installed too, although these are not listed as +dependencies. Programs which use these extensions should list +dependencies on (currently) libadns1 and libnettle2. Regrettably, +there is no clear way to get the dependencies completely correct in +the case where chiark-tcl is rebuilt against some other versions of +adns and/or nettle.