--- a/htdocs/faq-ssl.txt Mon Dec 22 16:31:39 2003 -0500
+++ b/htdocs/faq-ssl.txt Tue Dec 23 10:44:28 2003 -0500
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235</a>
-A: Gentoo's ebuilds for Gaim should "Just Work". To install the latest Gaim+A: Gentoo's ebuilds for Gaim should "Just Work". To install the +latest Gaim from Gentoo stable with SSL support: @@ -66,7 +66,9 @@
In fact though, I have no idea why anyone would use Gentoo anyway.
+Also, don't forget that emerge is <b>not</b> a transitive verb! A: If you're crazy enough to actually use LFS surely you're crazy enough to
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@
There's a 3rd party RPM (built from the same .spec file as the ones on sf.net)
-for Mandrake 9.2 here : http://gaim.jesuschrist.be/ (thanks to Alver on #gaim)+for Mandrake 9.2 here : <a href="http://gaim.jesuschrist.be/"> +http://gaim.jesuschrist.be/</a> (thanks to Alver on #gaim) Or you can compile from source:
@@ -106,22 +109,22 @@
One user reported problems with permissions in the includes:
- <icicled> i found that if i changed the permissions of the private directory in- /usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr it will compile perfectly- <faceprint> wow, that's sucky- <faceprint> you should definitely go scream bloody murder at mandrake- <icicled> not sure why they would have the private directory only readable by- <faceprint> that sounds like a serious bug in the mandrake package+ <icicled> i found that if i changed the permissions of the private directory in + /usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr it will compile perfectly + <faceprint> wow, that's sucky + <faceprint> you should definitely go scream bloody murder at mandrake + <icicled> not sure why they would have the private directory only readable by + <faceprint> that sounds like a serious bug in the mandrake package - chmod 755 /usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr/private- chmod 644 /usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr/private/*+ chmod 755 /usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr/private + chmod 644 /usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr/private/* @@ -129,7 +132,7 @@
A: Use the gaim provided packages : <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235">
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235</a>
-<b>Note:</b> If you're using a Mozilla builds from here :+<b>Note:</b> If you're using a Mozilla build from here : http://people.ecsc.co.uk/~matt/downloads/rpms/mozilla/1.4/RPMS/
Then you <i>will</i> need to add /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 to /etc/ld.so.conf & run ldconfig as
root. Replace 1.4 with whichever version you have installed.
@@ -168,11 +171,13 @@
A: There's a 3rd party package for Slackware 9.1 here : <a href="http://www.uidzero.co.uk/pkg/slack91/">
http://www.uidzero.co.uk/pkg/slack91/</a>
This package does not have gtkspell support because gtkspell is not part of
-the base Slackware distribution (same package is also at linuxpackages.net).+the base Slackware distribution (same package is also at <a +href="http://www.linuxpackages.net/">http://www.linuxpackages.net</a>). This one should work out of the box.
The Gaim 0.74 package from Slackware does NOT work out of the box. I have not
-tried, but adding /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 to /etc/ld.so.conf and running ldconfig+tried, but adding <code>/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4</code> to +<code>/etc/ld.so.conf</code> and running <code>ldconfig</code> as root *might* fixinate it.
@@ -194,7 +199,8 @@
A: There's a 3rd party RPM for SuSE 9.0 here :
<a href="http://www.usr-local-bin.org/gaim.php">http://www.usr-local-bin.org/gaim.php</a>
-You may need to put /opt/mozilla/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf (and run ldconfig as+You may need to put <code>/opt/mozilla/lib</code> in +<code>/etc/ld.so.conf</code> (and run <code>ldconfig</code> as @@ -207,14 +213,15 @@
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/8.2-i386/RPMS.usr-local-bin/pango-1.2.5-SuSE.ulb.1.i586.rpm</a>
-You may need to put /opt/mozilla/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf (and run ldconfig as+You may need to put <code>/opt/mozilla/lib</code> in +<code>/etc/ld.so.conf</code> (and run <code>ldconfig</code> as -A: Compile from source. No SSL specific details available at the moment, but-these tips might help you in general:+A: Compile from source. See the note below on GnuTLS versions that have +been reported to work with *BSD, these tips might also help you: For i18n to work, you need to have gettext installed. It will probably stuff
itself in /usr/local, so you need to configure like this:
@@ -231,8 +238,8 @@
-A: Compile from source. No SSL specific details available at the moment, but-these tips might help you in general:+A: Compile from source. See the note below on GnuTLS versions that have +been reported to work with *BSD, these tips might also help you: For i18n to work, you need to have gettext installed. It will probably stuff
itself in /usr/local, so you need to configure like this:
@@ -248,7 +255,22 @@
./configure --disable-nls
+A: See <a href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=725839&forum_id=665"> +this thread</a> at our Sourceforge forum for some steps towards getting Gaim running on +Please get in touch if you do manage to make SSL go. +Alternatively, SGI have a package of Gaim 0.64 on their freeware site here: +<a href="http://freeware.sgi.com/index-by-alpha.html"> +http://freeware.sgi.com/index-by-alpha.html</a><br> +<b>Note:</b> That is not a current release, and is <i>not</i> supported by +Gaim developers or in #gaim. A: See below on compiling from source
@@ -416,8 +438,9 @@
-You should now be able to use Gaim by running /home/username/bin/gaim<br>-In some cases, it might be necessary to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/lib+You should now be able to use Gaim by running <code>/home/username/bin/gaim</code><br> +In some cases, it might be necessary to set +<code>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/lib</code> @@ -447,7 +470,8 @@
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/lib ./configure --prefix=/home/username --with-libgcrypt=/home/username+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/lib ./configure \ + --prefix=/home/username --with-libgcrypt=/home/username @@ -463,7 +487,8 @@
-You should now be able to use Gaim by running /home/username/bin/gaim<br>-In some cases, it might be necessary to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/lib+You should now be able to use Gaim by running <code>/home/username/bin/gaim</code><br> +In some cases, it might be necessary to set +<code>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/lib</code> before running Gaim (this was not necessary on the tested system)
