Changeset c22af3a in mod_gnutls for doc/mod_gnutls_manual.mdwn

Timestamp:

Dec 9, 2016, 6:51:35 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Thomas Klute <thomas2.klute@…>

Branches:

asyncio, debian/master, debian/stretch-backports, main, master, proxy-ticket, upstream

Children:

677754f

Parents:

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git-author:

Thomas Klute <thomas2.klute@…> (12/09/16 18:32:43)

git-committer:

Thomas Klute <thomas2.klute@…> (12/09/16 18:51:35)

Message:

Handbook: List Berkeley DB and GDBM as equal options for DBM caches

Some major Linux distributions do not provide APR libraries with GDBM
support, so it doesn't really make sense to list it as
"recommended". Debian only VERY recently enabled it in unstable [1].

[1] ​https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=843206

File:

• doc/mod_gnutls_manual.mdwn (modified) (1 diff)

doc/mod_gnutls_manual.mdwn

@@ -79 +79 @@
 This could be shared between machines of different architectures. If a
 DBM cache is used, access is serialized using the `gnutls-cache`
-mutex.
+mutex. Which DBM types are available is part of the APR (Apache
+Portable Runtime) compile time configuration.
 
 `dbm` (Requires Berkeley DBM)
-:   Uses the default Berkeley DB backend of APR DBM to cache TLS
-    Session data. The argument is a relative or absolute path to
-    be used as the DBM Cache file. This is compatible with most
-    operating systems, but needs the Apache Runtime to be compiled
-    with Berkeley DBM support.
-
-`gdbm`
+:   Uses the Berkeley DB backend of APR DBM to cache TLS Session
+        data.
+
+        The argument is a relative or absolute path to be used as
+    the DBM Cache file. This is compatible with most operating
+    systems.
+
+`gdbm` (Requires GDBM)
 :   Uses the GDBM backend of APR DBM to cache TLS Session data.
 
-    The argument is a relative or absolute path to be used as the DBM Cache
-    file.  This is the recommended option.
+    The argument is a relative or absolute path to be used as the DBM
+    Cache file.
 
 `memcache`