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authorJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2020-01-03 04:01:10 +0100
committerJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2020-01-14 17:53:19 +0100
commit388990f7bcddec0583fd5a84f62d4aa0eba88d39 (patch)
tree922c0ff883b7e2e1f317305d96291d0419217fd6 /manual
parenta44b5a34a07b9f2905d419d5571fd53832c1f6c0 (diff)
downloadqpdf-388990f7bcddec0583fd5a84f62d4aa0eba88d39.tar.zst
Rewrite fix-qdf in C++
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diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
index fe4d20c1..88372c85 100644
--- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
+++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@
<para>
perl version 5.8 or newer:
<ulink url="http://www.perl.org/">http://www.perl.org/</ulink>;
- required for <command>fix-qdf</command> and the test suite.
+ required for running the test suite. Starting with qpdf version
+ 9.1.1, perl is no longer required at runtime.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -473,6 +474,13 @@ make
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
+ Starting in qpdf version 9.1.1, qpdf no longer has a runtime
+ dependency on perl. This is because fix-qdf was rewritten in
+ C++. However, qpdf still has a build-time dependency on perl.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Make sure you are getting the intended behavior with regard to
crypto providers. Read <xref linkend="ref.crypto.build"/> for
details.