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diff --git a/doc/handbook/chapters/developer.texi b/doc/handbook/chapters/developer.texi index 0f8a269a1..aa52210e3 100644 --- a/doc/handbook/chapters/developer.texi +++ b/doc/handbook/chapters/developer.texi @@ -1229,17 +1229,20 @@ installing it will cause no filename or namespace collisions. @cindex compiling libgnurl GNUnet and some of its function depend on a limited subset of cURL/libcurl. Rather than trying to enforce a certain configuration on the world, we -opted to maintain a microfork of it that ensures we can link against the -right set of features. We called this specialized set of libcurl -``libgnurl''. It is fully ABI compatible with libcurl and currently used -by GNUnet and some of its dependencies. +opted to maintain a microfork of it that ensures that we can link +against the right set of features. +We called this specialized set of libcurl "libgnurl". +It is fully ABI compatible with libcurl and currently used by +GNUnet and some of its dependencies. We download libgnurl and its digital signature from the GNU fileserver, assuming @env{TMPDIR} exists. +@quotation Note: TMPDIR might be @file{/tmp}, @env{TMPDIR}, @env{TMP} or any other location. For consistency we assume @env{TMPDIR} points to @file{/tmp} for the remainder of this section. +@end quotation @example cd \$TMPDIR |