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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssl/INSTALL')
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssl/INSTALL b/crypto/openssl/INSTALL index a427f12..1c3f3c3 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/INSTALL +++ b/crypto/openssl/INSTALL @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ If a test fails, look at the output. There may be reasons for the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a missing or malfunctioning bc). If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself, - try removing any compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line + try removing any compiler optimization flags from the CFLAG line 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 @@ -308,3 +308,25 @@ to install additional support software to obtain random seed. Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(), RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(), and the FAQ for more information. + + Note on support for multiple builds + ----------------------------------- + + OpenSSL is usually built in it's 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: + + mkdir -p objtree/"`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`" + cd objtree/"`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`" + (cd $OPENSSL_SOURCE; find . -type f) | while read F; do + mkdir -p `dirname $F` + rm -f $F; ln -s $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F $F + echo $F '->' $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F + done + make -f Makefile.org clean + + OPENSSL_SOURCE is an environment variable that contains the absolute (this + is important!) path to the OpenSSL source tree. + + Also, operations like 'make update' should still be made in the source tree. |