From 73a2fcea0b4adea6ba342cd7ed1149782c214ae3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 09:05:10 +0200 Subject: includes: remove curl/curlbuild.h and curl/curlrules.h Rely entirely on curl/system.h now. Introduced in Aug 2008 with commit 14240e9e109f. Now gone. Fixes #1456 --- include/README | 26 ++------------------------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/README') diff --git a/include/README b/include/README index 6eb73b2b7..9e865aa11 100644 --- a/include/README +++ b/include/README @@ -16,31 +16,9 @@ curl subdirectory. It makes it more likely to survive future modifications. NOTE FOR LIBCURL HACKERS -The following notes apply to libcurl version 7.19.0 and later. - -* The distributed curl/curlbuild.h file is only intended to be used on systems - which can not run the also distributed configure script. - -* The distributed curlbuild.h file is generated as a copy of curlbuild.h.dist - when the libcurl source code distribution archive file is originally created. - * If you check out from git on a non-configure platform, you must run the - appropriate buildconf* script to set up curlbuild.h and other local files - before being able of compiling the library. - -* On systems capable of running the configure script, the configure process - will overwrite the distributed include/curl/curlbuild.h file with one that - is suitable and specific to the library being configured and built, which - is generated from the include/curl/curlbuild.h.in template file. - -* If you intend to distribute an already compiled libcurl library you _MUST_ - also distribute along with it the generated curl/curlbuild.h which has been - used to compile it. Otherwise the library will be of no use for the users of - the library that you have built. It is _your_ responsibility to provide this - file. No one at the curl project can know how you have built the library. - -* File curl/curlbuild.h includes platform and configuration dependent info, - and must not be modified by anyone. Configure script generates it for you. + appropriate buildconf* script to set up files before being able of compiling + the library. * We cannot assume anything else but very basic compiler features being present. While libcurl requires an ANSI C compiler to build, some of the -- cgit v1.2.3