Treat Haiku like BeOS.

[gnulib.git] / doc / standards.texi

diff --git a/doc/standards.texi b/doc/standards.texi
index e28aa8f..bd90a92 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/standards.texi
+++ b/doc/standards.texi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename standards.info
 @settitle GNU Coding Standards
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate June 10, 2008
+@set lastupdate November 6, 2008
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
 Foundation, Inc.
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
-or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
-with no Invariant Sections, with no
-Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
-A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
-Free Documentation License''.
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
+Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
+``GNU Free Documentation License''.
 @end copying
 
 @titlepage
@@ -526,6 +525,7 @@ command line interface, and how libraries should behave.
 * Graphical Interfaces::        Standards for graphical interfaces.
 * Command-Line Interfaces::     Standards for command line interfaces.
 * Option Table::                Table of long options.
+* OID Allocations::             Table of OID slots for GNU.
 * Memory Usage::                When and how to care about memory needs.
 * File Usage::                  Which files to use, and where.
 @end menu
@@ -2213,6 +2213,28 @@ Print the version number.
 @samp{-z} in @code{gprof}.
 @end table
 
+@node OID Allocations
+@section OID Allocations
+@cindex OID allocations for GNU
+@cindex SNMP
+@cindex LDAP
+@cindex X.509
+
+The OID (object identifier) 1.3.6.1.4.1.11591 has been assigned to the
+GNU Project (thanks to Werner Koch).  These are used for SNMP, LDAP,
+X.509 certificates, and so on.  The web site
+@url{http://www.alvestrand.no/objectid} has a (voluntary) listing of
+many OID assignments.
+
+If you need a new slot for your GNU package, write
+@email{maintainers@@gnu.org}.  Here is a list of arcs currently
+assigned:
+
+@example
+@include gnu-oids.texi
+@end example
+
+
 @node Memory Usage
 @section Memory Usage
 @cindex memory usage
@@ -3774,15 +3796,23 @@ all GNU software.
 Each GNU distribution should come with a shell script named
 @code{configure}.  This script is given arguments which describe the
 kind of machine and system you want to compile the program for.
-
 The @code{configure} script must record the configuration options so
 that they affect compilation.
 
-One way to do this is to make a link from a standard name such as
-@file{config.h} to the proper configuration file for the chosen system.
-If you use this technique, the distribution should @emph{not} contain a
-file named @file{config.h}.  This is so that people won't be able to
-build the program without configuring it first.
+The description here is the specification of the interface for the
+@code{configure} script in GNU packages.  Many packages implement it
+using GNU Autoconf (@pxref{Top,, Introduction, autoconf, Autoconf})
+and/or GNU Automake (@pxref{Top,, Introduction, automake, Automake}),
+but you do not have to use these tools.  You can implement it any way
+you like; for instance, by making @code{configure} be a wrapper around
+a completely different configuration system.
+
+Another way for the @code{configure} script to operate is to make a
+link from a standard name such as @file{config.h} to the proper
+configuration file for the chosen system.  If you use this technique,
+the distribution should @emph{not} contain a file named
+@file{config.h}.  This is so that people won't be able to build the
+program without configuring it first.
 
 Another thing that @code{configure} can do is to edit the Makefile.  If
 you do this, the distribution should @emph{not} contain a file named