Original by Run <carlo@runaway.xs4all.nl>,
Isomer <isomer@coders.net>, and Kev <klmitch@mit.edu>
Rewritten by Sengaia <sengaia@undernet.org>
+ Updated by Entrope <entrope@undernet.org>
Compiling and installing ircu should be a fairly straightforward process,
if you have obtained this software as a (.tar.gz) package, please consider
much easier.
After obtaining the latest version of the ircu source code, change into the
-source directory (ircu2.10), and run "./configure". To see the various ways
-in which you can customize your installation, run "./configure --help".
+source directory (ircu2.10.xx.yy), and run "./configure". To see the various
+ways in which you can customize your installation, run "./configure --help".
The configure process will check your environment and prepare itself for
compiling the source code. If one or more of the prerequisites cannot be
Setting up ircd.conf can be a bit tricky, so if this is your first time doing
it, begin with a bare-bones configuration and extend it as you go.
-If you are upgrading from ircu2.10.10, use the tools/transition script to
-convert your existing configuration file(s).
+If you are upgrading from ircu2.10.11, use the ircd/convert-conf
+program to convert your existing configuration file(s). It is
+compiled during "make" and installed to $PREFIX/bin/convert-conf.
Good Luck!
(we recommend that you cut and paste the above line to use it :)
When it prompts you for a password hit enter since there isn't one.
-To check out the the last stable version of ircu, use:
+To check out the the last development version of ircu, use:
# cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.undernet.org:/cvsroot/undernet-ircu co -P ircu2.10
+The latest stable version has a tag name that depends on the version
+number; see doc/readme.cvs for details.
To update your source tree to the latest version, run "cvs update -dP" from within the
ircu2.10 directory. For more information, see http://coder-com.undernet.org.