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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2016-06-24 01:15:14 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2016-06-24 02:00:28 +0000
commit216ecf0404c79e0e4986a4717d10f6a029e4257b (patch)
tree90dcca4401cfd0c763525306f1f0d36d98b7a300 /INSTALL
parentc515264dd69156fc89c59685f788b1093afb8731 (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-216ecf0404c79e0e4986a4717d10f6a029e4257b.tar.gz
And improve documentation for existing dependencies, too.
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e7d4b752..7f12fbec 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ standard MakeMaker installation (Perl)
         make test
         make install # root permissions may be needed
 
-Requirements (server MDA)
--------------------------
+Requirements
+------------
 
 * git
 * SpamAssassin (spamc/spamd)
@@ -36,19 +36,23 @@ Optional modules:
   - Plack[1]                   libplack-perl
   - Mail::Thread (2.5+)[1]     libmail-thread-perl
   - URI::Escape[1]             liburi-perl
-  - Search::Xapian[3]          libsearch-xapian-perl
-  - IO::Compress::Gzip[3]      libio-compress-perl
+  - Search::Xapian[2][3]       libsearch-xapian-perl
+  - IO::Compress::Gzip[3]      perl-modules (or libio-compress-perl)
   - DBI[3]                     libdbi-perl
-  - DBD::SQLite[3]             libdbd-sqlite3-perl
+  - DBD::SQLite[2][3]          libdbd-sqlite3-perl
   - Danga::Socket[4]           libdanga-socket-perl
-  - Net::Server[4]             libnet-server-perl
+  - Net::Server[5]             libnet-server-perl
+  - Filesys::Notify::Simple[6] libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
 
-[1] - Only required for serving/generating Atom and HTML pages.
-[3] - Optional for HTML web interface and HTTP/NNTP servers
-[4] - Optional for HTTP and NNTP servers
+[1] - Optional, needed for serving/generating Atom and HTML pages
+[2] - Optional, only required for NNTP server
+[3] - Optional, needed for gzipped mbox support over HTTP
+[4] - Optional, needed for bundled HTTP and NNTP servers
+[5] - Optional, needed for standalone daemonization of HTTP+NNTP servers
+[6] - Optional, needed for public-inbox-watch Maildir watcher
 
 When installing Search::Xapian, make sure the underlying Xapian
-is patched against the index corruption bug documented in:
+installation is not affected by an index corruption bug:
 
         https://bugs.debian.org/808610