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diff --git a/doc/assuan.texi b/doc/assuan.texi index 8445eb4..131ffc1 100644 --- a/doc/assuan.texi +++ b/doc/assuan.texi @@ -603,10 +603,14 @@ this will retrieve the underlying system handle with @node Initializing the library @section Initializing the library -In general the library requires no initialization. There are however -some initialization hooks provided which are often useful. These -should be called as early as possible and in a multi-threaded -application before a second thread is created. +Libassuan makes use of Libgpg-error and assumes that Libgpg-error has +been initialized. In general @code{gpgrt_check_version} should be +called to guarantee this; the Libgpg-error manual for details. + +Libassuan itself requires no initialization. There are however some +initialization hooks provided which are often useful. These should be +called as early as possible and in a multi-threaded application before +a second thread is created. These functions initialize default values that are used at context creation with @code{assuan_new}. As there can only be one default, |