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@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ Build Instructions - A POSIX-compliant C development environment - GNU make version 3.81 or later - - skalibs version 2.5.1.0 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/ - - execline version 2.3.0.1 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/execline/ - - s6 version 2.5.1.0 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/s6/ - - s6-dns version 2.2.0.0 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/s6-dns/ + - skalibs version 2.6.0.0 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/ + - execline version 2.3.0.2 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/execline/ + - s6 version 2.6.1.0 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/s6/ + - s6-dns version 2.2.0.1 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/s6-dns/ - Depending on whether you build the SSL tools, libressl version 2.4.5 or later: http://libressl.org/ - or bearssl version 0.4 or later: http://bearssl.org/ + or bearssl version 0.5 or later: http://bearssl.org/ (BearSSL support is experimental for now, I encourage you to use it but be aware it's bleeding-edge and APIs may change.) @@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ POSIX.1-2008, available at: It will install the binaries in /bin and the static libraries in /usr/lib/s6-networking. + Please note that static libraries in /usr/lib/s6-networking *will not* +be found by a default linker invocation: you need -L/usr/lib/s6-networking. +Other skarnet.org software automatically handles that case if the +default configuration is used, but if you change the configuration, +remember to use the appropriate --with-lib configure option. + You can strip the binaries and libraries of their extra symbols via "make strip" before the "make install" phase. It will shave a few bytes off them. @@ -208,10 +214,9 @@ against it, you can override the CRYPTO_LIB make variable. By default, CRYPTO_LIB is "-lbearssl" when building against BearSSL, and "-ltls -lssl -lcrypto" when building against LibreSSL. - As of 2017-05-21, please note that BearSSL is experimental and not -considered production-ready by its author yet. Nevertheless, it's an -incredibly promising library with high-quality interfaces and likely -high-quality implementation. When statically linked against BearSSL, -the s6-tlsc and s6-tlsd binaries are 1/10th the size of what they are -when statically linked against LibreSSL, with a smaller RAM footprint -too. + As of 2017-08-22, please note that BearSSL is considered beta quality +by its author, so use with caution. Nevertheless, it's an incredibly +promising library with high-quality interfaces and implementation. +When statically linked against BearSSL, the s6-tlsc and s6-tlsd binaries +are 1/10th the size of what they are when statically linked against LibreSSL, +with a smaller RAM footprint too. |