src/: Pass the wanted query's type code to adns__internal_submit.

[adns.git] / INSTALL

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+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,40 +1,81 @@
-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS for ADNS
+INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS for GNU ADNS

 
 1. Read the security note below.
 
 2. Standard GNU package build process:
 
 1. Read the security note below.
 
 2. Standard GNU package build process:

-   $ ./configure
+   $ ./configure [--disable-dynamic] [--prefix=... ...]

    $ make
    # make install
 
    $ make
    # make install
 

-Unfortunately, since this is a beta, there is no good documentation
-yet.  For now, use the comments in the public header file adns.h.
-
+Unfortunately, there is no comprehensive documentation yet.  For now,
+use the comments in the public header file adns.h, and for the C
+programs their usage messages.  If you find this information
+ambiguous, incomplete or wrong, please report it as a bug.
+
+
+TESTED PLATFORMS
+
+The following platforms have been tested at at least some point and
+should work - please report if they don't:
+ adns version  OS
+   1.0         Linux glibc 2.1 (actually tested on Debian 2.2)
+   1.0         Solaris 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 [3]
+   1.0         FreeBSD 3.2, 4.0 (no poll(2), so no adnsresfilter)
+The following work, but only with --disable-dynamic:
+   1.0         IRIX 6.5 *not* with GCC [1], [2]
+   1.0         AIX 4.1.5
+   1.0         HP-UX 10.20, 11.00
+   1.1          Darwin (kernel 7.5.1)
+Later versions of the same OS should work too.  Usually entries in
+this table mean adns passes its own regression test, when compiled
+with GCC, and appears to install and run correctly.  If you have more
+information for this table please let me know.
+
+Notes/known problems:
+   [1] IRIX 6.5 inet_ntoa seems to break with GCC.
+   [2] The SGI IRIX compiler produces many spurious warnings.
+   [3] Dynamically linked, needs some help to find libadns.so.1.0.
+
+The following platforms are known to be deficient and will not work:
+   Solaris 2.5                 Lacks vsnprintf - install glibc ?
+   TruUnix64 (DEC UNIX 4.0f)   Lacks vsnprintf - install glibc ?
+Please don't report these problems unless you have a nice,
+straightforward solution or workaround for them.  (I don't consider
+including a `vsnprintf' implementation nice, so don't send me one.)
+
+
+PORTABILITY INFORMATION

 
 You will find that adns requires a reasonably standard and up to date
 
 You will find that adns requires a reasonably standard and up to date

-system.
+system.  Systems which are neither GNU nor UNIX are not supported.
+
+The build system assumes by default that you have ELF shared
+libraries, and that the directory in which libadns.so.1 will be
+installed is on your dynamic library search path.  If your system
+doesn't have ELF shared libraries then dynamic linking is not
+supported by adns.  Use the --disable-shared configure option.
+Please don't send me patches to use libtool (which I dislike).

 
 

-In particular, the build system assumes that you have ELF shared
-libraries.  If you don't then please don't send me patches to support
-your kind of shared libraries, and don't send me patches to use
-libtool.  I'm not interested in supporting non-ELF shared libraries.
-If you do not have ELF shared libraries then please use the
---disable-shared configure option.
+Compilers other than GNU C should work, but are not well-tested.  Feel
+free to send me patches to improve the situation.  However, the
+Makefiles only know how to use GCC to make dynamic libraries.

 
 The adnsresfilter utility uses `tsearch' from the C library (a la SVID
 
 The adnsresfilter utility uses `tsearch' from the C library (a la SVID

-and X/Open).  If your C library doesn't have tsearch you will find
-that configure arranges for adnsresfilter not to be built.  To rectify
-this, install a C library containing tsearch, such as the GNU C
-library.  It is best if tsearch uses an automatically-balancing tree
-algorithm, like the glibc version does.  Simple binary trees may
-perform badly.
+and X/Open).  If you don't have tsearch configure will arranges for
+adnsresfilter not to be built.  To fix this, install a C library
+containing tsearch, such as the GNU C library.  It is best if tsearch
+uses an automatically-balancing tree algorithm, like the glibc version
+does.  Simple binary trees may perform badly.
+
+If you change the m4 input files in regress/ you may need GNU m4.

 
 You will probably find that GNU Make is required.
 
 You will probably find that GNU Make is required.

+Please do not report this as a bug; install GNU Make instead.

 
 
 SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE - AN IMPORTANT NOTE
 
 
 
 SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE - AN IMPORTANT NOTE
 

-adns is not a full-service resolver.  It does no caching of responses
+adns is not a `full-service resolver': it does no caching of responses

 at all, and has no defence against bad nameservers or fake packets
 which appear to come from your real nameservers.  It relies on the
 full-service resolvers listed in resolv.conf to handle these tasks.
 at all, and has no defence against bad nameservers or fake packets
 which appear to come from your real nameservers.  It relies on the
 full-service resolvers listed in resolv.conf to handle these tasks.


@@ -60,9 +101,9 @@ details for adns.  It is
  Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
 
 adns is
  Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
 
 adns is

- Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
- Copyright (C) 1999 Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>              [1]
- Copyright (C) 1991 Massachusetts Institute of Technology  [2]
+ Copyright (C) 1997-2000,2003,2006 Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
+ Copyright (C) 1999-2000,2003,2006 Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>         [1]
+ Copyright (C) 1991 Massachusetts Institute of Technology            [2]

 
 adns is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
 
 adns is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free


@@ -79,11 +120,13 @@ along with adns as the file COPYING; if not, email me at the address
 above or write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place -
 Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
 above or write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place -
 Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 

-[1] Tony Finch holds the original copyright on
-    client/adnslogres.c and client/fanftest.c.
+[1] Tony Finch holds the original copyright on client/adnslogres.c,
+    client/adnsheloex.c and client/fanftest.c, and some modifications
+    to those files.

 [2] MIT hold the original copyright on the included install-sh,
     which came via GNU autoconf.
 
 [2] MIT hold the original copyright on the included install-sh,
     which came via GNU autoconf.
 

+

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