commit 5bab6e4b51164c3d64b654a3c0db5f6efc0bdc86
parent 9bf2a7c888312f197bbad77f47c067f856900578
Author: Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 06:04:21 +0000
Update tainnow.lib mentions in doc
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and --enable-monotonic configure switches have been removed.
tain_now() can now be set at run time to use a wall clock (default,
or via tain_now_set_wallclock()) or a stopwatch (via
tain_now_set_stopwatch()), instead of it being fixed at build time.
+ - Easy cross-compilation: no need to provide a whole sysdeps
+directory anymore. Only a few sysdeps have to be provided manually,
+via a --with-sysdep-K=V option to configure. Currently, that means
+one: --with-sysdep-devurandom=yes|no
In 2.8.1.0
diff --git a/doc/libskarnet.html b/doc/libskarnet.html
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ it <tt>$sysdeps</tt>. </li>
<li> Link with <tt>-lskarnet</tt>. If you are using socket functions, you
will also need to link with <tt>`cat $sysdeps/socket.lib`</tt>. If you are using
time functions such as <tt>tain_now()</tt>, you will also need to link with
-<tt>`cat $sysdeps/tainnow.lib`</tt>. Also
+<tt>`cat $sysdeps/sysclock.lib`</tt>. Also
<tt>`cat $sysdeps/spawn.lib`</tt>` for <tt>posix_spawn()</tt> functions,
<tt>timer.lib</tt> for <tt>timer_create</tt> functions, and so on. This
is, unfortunately, the only way to work with all the idiosyncrasies and
diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ configure switches have been removed. <tt>tain_now()</tt> can now be told at run
time to use a wall clock (default, or via <tt>tain_now_set_wallclock()</tt>) or a
stopwatch (via <tt>tain_now_set_stopwatch()</tt>), instead of it being fixed at
build time. </li>
+ <li> Cross-compilation has been made a lot easier, by removing the need to
+provide a whole sysdeps directory anymore. Only a few sysdeps - the ones that
+need code execution on the target to be autodetected - have to be provided manually,
+via a <tt>--with-sysdep-<em>K</em>=<em>V</em></tt> option to configure.
+Currently, that means one: <tt>--with-sysdep-devurandom=yes</tt> or
+<tt>--with-sysdep-devurandom=no</tt>. </li>
</ul>
<h2> in 2.8.1.0 </h2>
