--- ircd-hybrid-8/README	2012/01/25 12:17:34	1269
+++ ircd-hybrid-8/README	2012/08/26 09:06:13	1513
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   * - Reading INSTALL is now a must, as the old DPATH is now specified    *
   *   when configure is run.                                              *
   *   You now need to ./configure --prefix="/path/to/install/it"          *
-  * - The old config format WILL NOT WORK. Please see etc/example.conf !  *
-  * - The old kline, dline, xline, gline format WILL NOT WORK.            *
+  * - The old config format WILL NOT WORK. Please see doc/example.conf !  *
+  * - The old kline, dline, xline format WILL NOT WORK.                   *
   *************************************************************************
 
   ALSO, IF YOU ARE UPGRADING YOUR CURRENT SOURCE TREE, AND YOU TRY TO BUILD
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@ Necessary Requirements:
 
 Feature Specific Requirements:
 
-- For the SSL Challenge controlled OPER feature and encrypted server links,
-  a working OpenSSL library
-
-- For compressed server links, a working zlib library and includes (zlib.h)
+- For the SSL Challenge controlled OPER feature, compressed and/or
+  SSL/TLS server links, as well as SSL/TLS client connections,
+  a working OpenSSL library is required
 
 - For encrypted oper and (optional) server passwords, a working DES and/or
   MD5 library
 
+- For regular expression based kline{} and gecos{} blocks, the
+  PCRE - Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library is required
+
 *******************************************************************************
 
 - See the INSTALL document for info on configuring and compiling
@@ -45,16 +47,10 @@ Feature Specific Requirements:
 
 - Known bugs are listed in the BUGS file
 
-- If you run in to a problem you think may be specific to your platform,
-  check README.PLATFORMS for some hints.
-
 - SOLARIS USERS: this code appears to tickle a bug in older gcc and 
   egcs ONLY on 64-bit Solaris7.  gcc-2.95 and SunPro C on 64bit should
   work fine, and any gcc or SunPro compiled on 32bit.
 
-- DARWIN AND MACOS X USERS: You must be using at least the December 2001
-  Development Tools from Apple to build ircd-hybrid with shared modules.
-
 - TESTED PLATFORMS:  The code has been tested on the following platforms, and
   is known to run properly.
   (FIXME: this list is out of date)
@@ -70,14 +66,10 @@ Feature Specific Requirements:
 
   It probably does not compile on AIX or libc5 Linux.
 
-- Old Hybrid 5/6 configuration files are no longer supported.  All conf
-  files will have to be converted to the Hybrid 7 format.
-
 - If you are wondering why config.h no longer exists, it's because most
   things that were once in config.h are now specified in the 'general'
-  block of ircd.conf.  Look at example.conf for more information about
-  these options. Many, notably syslog support and EFnet tweaks, are now
-  configure options (see ./configure --help for details.)
+  block of ircd.conf. Look at example.conf for more information about
+  these options.
 
 - /etc/resolv.conf must exist for the resolver to work.