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@@ -108,18 +108,21 @@ Issues of note: so you might need to install additional packages other than Perl itself, e.g. Time::HiRes. - - "openssl" library is used by git-imap-send to use IMAP over SSL. - If you don't need it, use NO_OPENSSL. + - git-imap-send needs the OpenSSL library to talk IMAP over SSL if + you are using libcurl older than 7.34.0. Otherwise you can use + NO_OPENSSL without losing git-imap-send. By default, git uses OpenSSL for SHA1 but it will use its own library (inspired by Mozilla's) with either NO_OPENSSL or BLK_SHA1. Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC (PPC_SHA1). - - "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch and git-fetch. You - might also want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes. - If you do not use http:// or https:// repositories, you do not - have to have them (use NO_CURL). + - "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch, git-fetch, and, if + the curl version >= 7.34.0, for git-imap-send. You might also + want the "curl" executable for debugging purposes. If you do not + use http:// or https:// repositories, and do not want to put + patches into an IMAP mailbox, you do not have to have them + (use NO_CURL). - "expat" library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock management over DAV. Similar to "curl" above, this is optional |