Disapprove the use of R14A and R14B due to the rwlock bug.

diff --git a/README b/README
index da774225617cd9479394e7d529d67c340c4e7d2f..fa80b3c77567171d108f383fcc473ccd3e1ec5af 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ To compile ejabberd you need:
  - GNU Make
  - GCC
  - Libexpat 1.95 or higher
- - Erlang/OTP R10B-9 or higher. Recommended versions: R12B-5 and R13B04
+ - Erlang/OTP R10B-9 or higher. Recommended: R12B-5 and R13B04.
+   Avoid R14A and R14B.
  - OpenSSL 0.9.8 or higher, for STARTTLS, SASL and SSL encryption.
  - Zlib 1.2.3 or higher, for Stream Compression support
    (XEP-0138). Optional.

diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex
index 03355a9e05a42f195a14115c292eae56b0b549a0..f77e1ee83693f8c8d91df10ddcff67aedc27a502 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guide.tex
+++ b/doc/guide.tex
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ To compile \ejabberd{} on a `Unix-like' operating system, you need:
 \item GCC
 \item Libexpat 1.95 or higher
 \item Erlang/OTP R10B-9 or higher. The recommended versions are R12B-5 and R13B04.
+  Don't use R14A or R14B because \footahref{http://www.erlang.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/4/54598}{they have a bug}.
 \item OpenSSL 0.9.8 or higher, for STARTTLS, SASL and SSL encryption.
 \item Zlib 1.2.3 or higher, for Stream Compression support (\xepref{0138}). Optional.
 \item Erlang mysql library. Optional. For MySQL authentication or storage. See section \ref{compilemysql}.