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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2003-12-10 14:16:56 +0000
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2003-12-10 14:16:56 +0000
commit9bc97b2d3c5c268947be9a8c63f4357035c1e8db (patch)
tree7465b4a2810d70fa6a20cc4e80571ddaea8b1d5c /lib/README.ares
parent9825d81973500dd49c0ec7a71c0bfbd97db24182 (diff)
updated with the new configure option usage
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diff --git a/lib/README.ares b/lib/README.ares
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@@ -31,12 +31,21 @@ Build ares
3. ./configure
4. make
-Build libcurl to use ares
-=========================
+Build libcurl to use ares in the curl source tree
+=================================================
1. name the ares source directory 'ares' in the curl source directory
2. ./configure --enable-ares
3. make
+Build libcurl to use an installed ares
+======================================
+
+1. ./configure --enable-ares=/path/to/ares/install
+2. make
+
+Ares and ipv6
+=============
+
If the configure script enables IPv6 support you need to explicitly disable
that (--disable-ipv6) since ares isn't IPv6 compatible (yet).