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Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 24 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ no-asm Do not use assembler code. 386 Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is - more efficient, but requires at least a 486). + more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note: Use + compiler flags for any other CPU specific configuration, + e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on an x64 system. no-sse2 Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extention is detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the @@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ The crypto/<cipher> directory can be removed after running "make depend". - -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -Kxxx These system specific options will + -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx These system specific options will be passed through to the compiler to allow you to define preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library directories or other compiler options. @@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ standard headers). If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself, please report the problem to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org> (note that your message will be recorded in the request tracker publicly readable - via http://www.openssl.org/support/rt2.html and will be forwarded to a + via http://www.openssl.org/support/rt.html and will be forwarded to a public mailing list). Include the output of "make report" in your message. Please check out the request tracker. Maybe the bug was already reported or has already been fixed. @@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ in Makefile.ssl and run "make clean; make". Please send a bug report to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org>, including the output of "make report" in order to be added to the request tracker at - http://www.openssl.org/support/rt2.html. + http://www.openssl.org/support/rt.html. 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with @@ -204,6 +206,10 @@ compile programs with libcrypto or libssl. lib Contains the OpenSSL library files themselves. + Use "make install_sw" to install the software without documentation, + and "install_docs_html" to install HTML renditions of the manual + pages. + Package builders who want to configure the library for standard locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that it can easily be packaged, can use @@ -300,10 +306,10 @@ Note on shared libraries ------------------------ - Shared library is currently an experimental feature. The only reason to - have them would be to conserve memory on systems where several program - are using OpenSSL. Binary backward compatibility can't be guaranteed - before OpenSSL version 1.0. + Shared libraries have certain caveats. Binary backward compatibility + can't be guaranteed before OpenSSL version 1.0. The only reason to + use them would be to conserve memory on systems where several programs + are using OpenSSL. For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems, @@ -328,7 +334,7 @@ Note on support for multiple builds ----------------------------------- - OpenSSL is usually built in it's source tree. Unfortunately, this doesn't + OpenSSL is usually built in its source tree. Unfortunately, this doesn't support building for multiple platforms from the same source tree very well. It is however possible to build in a separate tree through the use of lots of symbolic links, which should be prepared like this: |