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added a short intro text about this not being for binary package installs

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How To Compile How To Compile
Curl has been compiled and built on numerous different operating systems. Installing Binary Packages
==========================
Most systems build curl the same way (unix-style). Continue reading below for Lots of people download binary distributions of curl and libcurl. This
more details if you're one of them. document does not describe how to install curl or libcurl using such a
binary package. This document describes how to compile, build and install
If you're using Windows (95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP or similar), VMS, RISC OS or OS/2 curl and libcurl from source code.
or cross-compile, you should continue reading from one the paragraphs further
down.
UNIX UNIX
==== ====
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=== ===
(The VMS section is in whole contributed by the friendly Nico Baggus) (The VMS section is in whole contributed by the friendly Nico Baggus)
This is the first attempt at porting cURL to VMS.
Curl seems to work with FTP & HTTP other protocols are not tested. (the Curl seems to work with FTP & HTTP other protocols are not tested. (the
perl http/ftp testing server supplied as testing too cannot work on VMS perl http/ftp testing server supplied as testing too cannot work on VMS
because vms has no concept of fork(). [ I tried to give it a whack, but because vms has no concept of fork(). [ I tried to give it a whack, but
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SSL stuff has not been ported. SSL stuff has not been ported.
Telnet has about the same issues as for Win32. When the changes for Win32 Telnet has about the same issues as for Win32. When the changes for Win32
are clear maybe they'l work for VMS too. The basic problem is that select are clear maybe they'll work for VMS too. The basic problem is that select
ONLY works for sockets. ONLY works for sockets.
Marked instances of fopen/[f]stat that might become a problem, especially Marked instances of fopen/[f]stat that might become a problem, especially
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http://www.openldap.org http://www.openldap.org
You need to install it with shared libraries, which is enabled when running
the ldap configure script with "--enable-shared". With my linux 2.0.36
kernel I also had to disable using threads (with --without-threads),
because the configure script couldn't figure out my system.