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doc/README-Interix.txt: note that GNU make should be used

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ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
(c)2001-2010 Alexander Barton,
alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/
ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
http://ngircd.barton.de/
(c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
ngIRCd is free software and published under the
terms of the GNU General Public License.
terms of the GNU General Public License.
-- README-Interix.txt --
@ -20,10 +18,13 @@ Windows Server 2003. SUA is supported on Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows
Server 2008 & 2008 R2, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 -- so ngIRCd should be
able to run on all of these platforms.
But please note that the poll() API function is not fully implemented by
SFU/SUA and therefore can't be used by ngIRCd -- which normally would be
the default. Please see <http://www.suacommunity.com/faqs.aspx> section
4.25 for details:
But please note that two things:
1. Don't use the poll() IO API
The poll() API function is not fully implemented by SFU/SUA and therefore
can't be used by ngIRCd -- which normally would be the default. Please see
<http://www.suacommunity.com/faqs.aspx> section 4.25 for details:
"If you do try to use the poll() API your program will block on the
API call forever. You must direct your program to build using the
@ -35,3 +36,9 @@ So when running the ./configure script, you HAVE TO DISABLE poll() support:
ngIRCd then defaults to using the select() API function which works fine.
2. Use GNU make(1)
Starting with ngIRCd 18, our build system doesn't work with the default
make(1) binary of Interix, you should use GNU make instead (tested with
version 3.82 built from source).