diff options
author | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2016-04-14 14:16:52 +0100 |
---|---|---|
committer | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2016-04-14 22:23:12 +0100 |
commit | ce942199dbfc3fe8c72c60e7e0878f32b168f327 (patch) | |
tree | 4363632cc4273c8abbe0dbdde29e726b11290e09 /INSTALL | |
parent | 1ee7b8b97c90e8e59627bfcbda3714f18368a9e1 (diff) |
Make "shared" builds the default
In most cases we expect that people will be using shared libraries not
static ones, therefore we make that the default.
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
-rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 22 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -240,10 +240,9 @@ sctp Build support for SCTP - shared - In addition to the usual static libraries, create shared - libraries on platforms where it's supported. See "Note on - shared libraries" below. + no-shared + Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note + on shared libraries" below. no-sock Don't build support for socket BIOs @@ -638,15 +637,12 @@ Note on shared libraries ------------------------ - 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 most systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to - build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems, - the shared libraries are currently not created by default, but giving - the option "shared" will get them created. + For most systems the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to + build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems + the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and + only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems + where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared" + option will be forced and only static libraries will be created. Note on random number generation -------------------------------- |