<p>The version of libdsodium's code you are compiling is the one used by the majority of Stake Pool Operators (SPO) as it is the reference in all official How-To.</p>
<p>These simple warnings are normal because, as you may have noticed with the url, it is <a href="https://github.com/cardano-community/guild-operators/issues/421" rel="nofollow noreferrer">an <strong>intentional</strong> forked repository maintained by IOHK</a>. But don't worry, it works perfectly with the latest releases of cardano-node.</p>

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<p>I am working to set up a Cardano staking pool (node).  As I was building the specific <a href="https://developers.cardano.org/docs/get-started/installing-cardano-node#downloading--compiling" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reference of libsodium called out in the docs</a> (66f017f1), I got a LOT of unsettling warnings such as (truncated):</p>
<pre><code>In file included from crypto_kx/crypto_kx.c:8:
#warning *** This is unstable, untested, development code.
#warning It might not compile. It might not work as expected.
#warning It might be totally insecure.
#warning Do not use this except if you are planning to contribute code.
#warning Use releases available at https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/ instead.
#warning Alternatively, use the &quot;stable&quot; branch in the git repository.
</code></pre>
<p>Is this normal/okay???</p>
<p>Thanks</p>

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libsodium build warnings
# libsodium build warnings

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-15)

I am working to set up a Cardano staking pool (node).  As I was building the specific reference of libsodium called out in the docs (66f017f1), I got a LOT of unsettling warnings such as (truncated):
In file included from crypto_kx/crypto_kx.c:8:
#warning *** This is unstable, untested, development code.
#warning It might not compile. It might not work as expected.
#warning It might be totally insecure.
#warning Do not use this except if you are planning to contribute code.
#warning Use releases available at https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/ instead.
#warning Alternatively, use the "stable" branch in the git repository.

Is this normal/okay???
Thanks

**Tags:** stake-pool, cardano-node

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-09-27. Score: 2

The version of libdsodium's code you are compiling is the one used by the majority of Stake Pool Operators (SPO) as it is the reference in all official How-To.

These simple warnings are normal because, as you may have noticed with the url, it is [an **intentional** forked repository maintained by IOHK](https://github.com/cardano-community/guild-operators/issues/421). But don't worry, it works perfectly with the latest releases of cardano-node.


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