tinc - Apr 2009 - MacOS Compile questions

Hello,
I've just compiled tinc on OS X and have the following questions when  
following the instructions in the manual on the web.

My environment is as follows:
OS X 10.5.6
Fink 0.9.0 (Binary Package)
I'm using TunTap 20080804 from http://tuntaposx.sourceforge.net/


1. dlcompat is not found in fink. It seemed to compile ok without it,  
is this critical? I saw no mention of it in the configure or make  
output.
3. If you run a config, make, make install, it installs to /usr/local/ 
sbin and expects the config files to be in /usr/local/etc (which you  
have to create) instead of /etc. If that's normal then the docs  
probably need to be updated for OS X to reflect the path change and  
need to create the etc directory or indicate whether you should use a  
--prefix= switch. I'm not sure what the best practice would be for tinc.

Thanks in advance for any responses, Im no network guru and this is my  
first VPN so bear with me.

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:59:38PM -0500, David Hieber wrote:
> 1. dlcompat is not found in fink. It seemed to compile ok without it,  
> is this critical? I saw no mention of it in the configure or make  
> output.
No. If it compiles without it, it's fine. I think it used to be a dependency
of
openssl.
> 3. If you run a config, make, make install, it installs to /usr/local/ 
> sbin and expects the config files to be in /usr/local/etc (which you  
> have to create) instead of /etc. If that's normal then the docs  
> probably need to be updated for OS X to reflect the path change and  
> need to create the etc directory or indicate whether you should use a  
> --prefix= switch. I'm not sure what the best practice would be for
tinc.
Packages that came with your distribution will install themselves in /etc,
/var, /usr/bin etc, but it is custom to install packages not managed by the
distribution inside /usr/local. If you compile tinc yourself the manpages and
info file will contain the correct pathnames.
> Thanks in advance for any responses, Im no network guru and this is my  
> first VPN so bear with me.
No problem!

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
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