+REQUIRED SOFTWARE
+ Building OpenLDAP Software requires a number of software packages
+ to be preinstalled. Additional information regarding prerequisite
+ software can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide.
+
+ Base system (libraries and tools):
+ Standard C compiler (required)
+ Cyrus SASL 2.1.18+ (recommended)
+ OpenSSL 0.9.7+ (recommended)
+ POSIX REGEX software (required)
+
+ SLAPD:
+ BDB and HDB backends require Oracle Berkeley DB 4.2, 4.4,
+ or 4.5. It is highly recommended to apply the patches
+ from Oracle for a given release.
+
+ SLURPD:
+ LTHREAD compatible thread package
+ [POSIX threads, Mach Cthreads, select others]
+
+ CLIENTS/CONTRIB ware:
+ Depends on package. See per package README.
+
+
+MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION
+ Please see the INSTALL file for basic instructions. More
+ detailed instructions can be found in the OpenLDAP Admnistrator's
+ Guide (see DOCUMENTATION section).
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION
+ The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide is available in the
+ guide.html file in the doc/guide/admin directory. The
+ guide and a number of other documents are available at
+ <http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/guide.html>.
+
+ The distribution also includes manual pages for most programs
+ and library APIs. See ldap(3) for details.
+
+ The OpenLDAP website is available and contains the latest LDAP
+ news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources,
+ etc.. It is located at <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/>.
+
+ The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at
+ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/>.
+
+
+SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
+ OpenLDAP Software is user supported. If you have problems, please
+ review the OpenLDAP FAQ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and
+ archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing lists
+ <http://www.openldap.org/lists/>. If you cannot find the answer,
+ please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list.
+
+ Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our our
+ Issue Tracking System <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/its/>. Do not
+ use this system for software enquiries. Please direct these
+ to an appropriate mailing list.
+
+
+CONTRIBUTING
+ See <http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html> for
+ information regarding how to contribute code or documentation
+ to the OpenLDAP Project for inclusion in OpenLDAP Software.
+ While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development
+ activities on the <openldap-devel@openldap.org> mailing list
+ prior to submission, it is noted that contributions must be
+ submitted using the Issue Tracking System
+ <http://www.openldap.org/its/> to be considered.