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authorNigel Metheringham <nigel@exim.org>2008-01-17 12:56:12 +0000
committerNigel Metheringham <nigel@exim.org>2008-01-17 12:56:12 +0000
commit210f147e47759d98c1220a6c3b8bf185743a31df (patch)
treecaa93511a8fc82791d04b4739414699b3b002814
parent8eb9f5bd19da786f304f79b8f24381bbb4829310 (diff)
PCRE documentation changes. Fixes #657
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt38
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog10
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index b088dea04..a4bbac4bf 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.27 2007/12/01 15:53:55 nm4 Exp $
+. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.28 2008/01/17 12:56:12 nm4 Exp $
.
. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
. This is the primary source of the Exim Manual. It is an xfpt document that is
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
. the <bookinfo> element must also be updated for each new edition.
. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-.set previousversion "4.68"
-.set version "4.69"
+.set previousversion "4.69"
+.set version "4.70"
.set ACL "access control lists (ACLs)"
.set I "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"
@@ -537,13 +537,13 @@ The &_.bz2_& file is usually a lot smaller than the &_.gz_& file.
.cindex "distribution" "signing details"
.cindex "distribution" "public key"
.cindex "public key for signed distribution"
-The distributions are currently signed with Philip Hazel's GPG key. The
+The distributions are currently signed with Nigel Metheringham's GPG key. The
corresponding public key is available from a number of keyservers, and there is
-also a copy in the file &_Public-Key_&. The signatures for the tar bundles are
+also a copy in the file &_nigel-pubkey.asc_&. The signatures for the tar bundles are
in:
.display
-&_exim-n.nn.tar.gz.sig_&
-&_exim-n.nn.tar.bz2.sig_&
+&_exim-n.nn.tar.gz.asc_&
+&_exim-n.nn.tar.bz2.asc_&
.endd
For each released version, the log of changes is made separately available in a
separate file in the directory &_ChangeLogs_& so that it is possible to
@@ -729,12 +729,12 @@ the Exim documentation, &"spool"& is always used in the first sense.
A number of pieces of external code are included in the Exim distribution.
.ilist
-Regular expressions are supported in the main Exim program and in the Exim
-monitor using the freely-distributable PCRE library, copyright &copy;
-University of Cambridge. The source is distributed in the directory
-&_src/pcre_&. However, this is a cut-down version of PCRE. If you want to use
-the PCRE library in other programs, you should obtain and install the full
-version of the library from
+Regular expressions are supported in the main Exim program and in the
+Exim monitor using the freely-distributable PCRE library, copyright
+&copy; University of Cambridge. The source to a cut down version of PCRE
+used to be distributed in the directory &_src/pcre_&. However, this is
+no longer the case and you will need to use a system PCRE library or
+obtain and install the full version of the library from
&url(ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre).
.next
.cindex "cdb" "acknowledgment"
@@ -1654,6 +1654,18 @@ architecture and operating system for itself, but the defaults can be
overridden if necessary.
+.section "PCRE library" "SECTdb"
+.cindex "PCRE library"
+Exim no longer has an embedded PCRE library as the vast majority of
+modern systems include PCRE as a system library, although you may need
+to install the PCRE or PCRE development package for your operating
+system. If your system has a normal PCRE installation the Exim build
+process will need no further configuration. If the library or the
+headers are in an unusual location you will need to set the PCRE_LIBS
+and INCLUDE directives appropriately. If your operating system has no
+PCRE support then you will need to obtain and build the current PCRE
+from &url(ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/).
+
.section "DBM libraries" "SECTdb"
.cindex "DBM libraries" "discussion of"
.cindex "hints database" "DBM files used for"
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 3d9be185f..6891c5f3b 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.536 2007/11/12 13:02:19 nm4 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.537 2008/01/17 12:56:13 nm4 Exp $
Change log file for Exim from version 4.21
-------------------------------------------
+Exim version 4.70
+-----------------
+
+NM/01 Bugzilla 657: Embedded PCRE removed from the exim source tree.
+ When building exim an external PCRE library is now needed -
+ PCRE is a system library on the majority of modern systems.
+ See entry on PCRE_LIBS in EDITME file.
+
Exim version 4.69
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