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diff --git a/lib/README.ares b/lib/README.ares index dd0c0517b..058e87fe0 100644 --- a/lib/README.ares +++ b/lib/README.ares @@ -8,26 +8,35 @@ $Id$ How To Build libcurl to use ares for asynch name resolves ========================================================= -ares URL: +ares: + ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu/pub/ATHENA/ares/ares-1.1.1.tar.gz + http://curl.haxx.se/dev/ares-1.1.1.tar.gz + +ares patch: + http://curl.haxx.se/dev/ares2.diff -ares patch URL: - http://curl.haxx.se/dev/ares2.diff +Mac OS X quirk: + ares 1.1.1 contains too old versions of config.guess and config.sub. Copy + the ones from the curl source tree in to the ares source tree before you + run configure. -Mac OS X quirk (config.guess and config.sub) +Build ares +========== + +1. ./configure +2. make Build ===== -If you update curl from CVS, and put 'ares' in a subdirectory in the curl -root, you should be able to build libcurl to use ares for asynch name -resolves! Just make sure you: - -1. run ./buildconf -2. run './configure --enable-ares' -3. run 'make' +1. Move the ares source/build tree to subdirectory in the curl root named + 'ares'. +2. ./buildconf +3. ./configure --enable-ares +4. make -If the configure script autodetects IPv6 support, you need to explicitly -disable that since ares isn't IPv6 compatible (yet). +If the configure script detects IPv6 support), you need to explicitly disable +that (--disable-ipv6) since ares isn't IPv6 compatible (yet). Please let me know how it builds, runs, works or whatever. I had to do some fairly big changes in some code parts to get this to work. |