From: Kurt Zeilenga Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 06:05:10 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Fix up a few typos and add some minor cleanup. X-Git-Tag: OPENLDAP_SLAPD_BACK_LDAP~790 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f31fd9ad694fca9edd6889c7ef4d25fb60b0bd79;p=openldap Fix up a few typos and add some minor cleanup. --- diff --git a/build/db.2.x.README b/build/db.2.x.README index f9d1d47655..4d902fb1aa 100644 --- a/build/db.2.x.README +++ b/build/db.2.x.README @@ -1,28 +1,30 @@ Berkeley DB version 2.x and OpenLDAP running threads ==================================================== -Special care has to be taken, if OpenLDAP is to be used with threads -activated, while at the same time using Berkeley DB, version 2.x, as -a slapd back-end. Both, OpenLDAP AND Berkeley DB have to be compiled -with thread support activated. +Special care has to be taken when building Berkeley DB 2.x +for use with OpenLDAP as an slapd backend. If OpenLDAP is with +threads, so must Berkeley DB. If OpenLDAP is built without +threads, so must Berkeley DB. -The configuration tool of Sleepycat's Berkeley DB will take provion -for that on IRIX, OSF/1, and SUN Solaris platforms (version 2.3.16), -as well as FreeBSD (version 2.6.4), but NOT e.g. on LINUX platforms. +The configuration tool of Sleepycat's Berkeley DB will automatically +set appropriate options on IRIX, OSF/1, and SUN Solaris platforms +(version 2.3.16), as well as FreeBSD (version 2.6.4). The options +must be manually defined on other plaforms, e.g. on LINUX. On PC-LINUX (kernel version 2.0.35, linux kernel threads as imple- mented by libpthreads.so.1.60.4) with gcc as the standard compiler the environment variable CPPFLAGS must define -D_REENTRANT, while building the Berkeley DB package. + DO NOT USE THE -ansi CFLAG, SINCE THEN THE DB PACKAGE'S CONFIGURE CANNOT FIND THE X86/GCC SPINLOCKS, WHICH ARE NEEDED FOR THREAD- SUPPORT WITH THE BERKELEY DB. -Please check carefully, if your platform is not mentioned above. +Please check carefully if your platform is not mentioned above. -The OpenLDAP configure tool will most probably find the correct con- -figuration itself, so that no special action has to be taken, while -building the OpenLDAP package. +The OpenLDAP configure tool will most probably find the correct +configuration itself. No special action has to be taken +while building the OpenLDAP package. Jan, 9th, 1999, /KSp (ksp@openldap.org)