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@@ -18,7 +18,22 @@ running fetchmail. 1. PREPARATIONS: USEFUL THINGS TO INSTALL FIRST -1.1 OpenSSL +1.1 Choose a TLS/SSL library. + +OpenSSL has been used for a long time and is tested and proven. +See README.SSL for details. + +Forked libraries deriving from OpenSSL and under the SSLeay or OpenSSL license +cannot be used due to licensing issues, and are not supported. +This affects, f.i., LibreSSL. + +Since 6.4.25, there is experimental support for wolfSSL 5.0.0 or newer, +which is under GNU GPL v2 or later license and hence may be easier for +a consistent GPLv2+ licensing of fetchmail. + +Choose between OpenSSL or wolfSSL. + +1.1a OpenSSL If you are installing OpenSSL yourself, it is recommended that you build shared OpenSSL libraries, it works better and updating OpenSSL does not @@ -28,6 +43,14 @@ Try after unpacking OpenSSL: ./config shared && make && make test && make install +1.1b wolfSSL + +If you are installing wolfSSL yourself, be sure to use a hardened build +with all OpenSSL APIs (as of 5.0.0): + + ./configure --enable-opensslall --enable-harden + make && make test && make install + 1.2 gettext (internationalization) Internationalization of fetchmail requires GNU gettext (libintl and |