$Id: README,v 1.2 2002/11/09 10:43:22 twogood Exp $

Contents of this document
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	o Overview
	o License
	o How to get support
	o External requirements
	o Installation from CVS


Overview
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Synce-serial is part of the SynCE project:

  http://synce.sourceforge.net/

This module contains helper scripts for setting up a serial connection for use
with SynCE. They are basically wrappers around pppd:

	synce-serial-config  - Use this to select serial port and IP adresses
	synce-serial-start   - Use this to start connection
	synce-serial-abort   - Use this to abort a connection


License
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MIT License, see the file LICENSE for details.


How to get support
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To increase the possibility of getting help, please read this document first:

  http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Information about the SynCE mailing lists are available here:

  http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=30550

If your question has not been covered before, send it to the synce-devel
mailing list.


External requirements
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You need ppp to use this.


Installation from CVS
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o Make sure you have these versions of the GNU autotools:

    autoconf-2.53
    automake-1.6.1
    libtool-1.4.2

o Checkout "serial" as described on:

    http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=30550

o Generate scripts and things:

    ./bootstrap

o Configure:

    ./configure
 
  Use the --help parameter to view configuration options.

o Build:

    make

o Install:

    make install

