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authorBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>1999-04-29 21:52:08 +0000
committerBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>1999-04-29 21:52:08 +0000
commite5f3045fbf6394f2f587d1312cf3525da04d3032 (patch)
tree8aefa6fcebbe06029407054d1e0b0cbf4535fb06 /STATUS
parent9f5f32c9b07e72ef8598cc5449ad4f63d9a76ee5 (diff)
Support INSTALL_PREFIX for packagers.
Submitted by: Reviewed by: PR:
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OpenSSL STATUS Last modified at
- ______________ $Date: 1999/04/27 12:01:53 $
+ ______________ $Date: 1999/04/29 21:51:00 $
DEVELOPMENT STATE
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
AVAILABLE PATCHES
o OCSP (titchenert@certco.com)
- o Install prefix for packagers (dharris@drh.net)
o getenv in ca.c and x509_def.c (jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu)
o linux dynamic libs (colin@field.medicine.adelaide.edu.au)
o MingW support (niklas@canit.se)
@@ -95,24 +94,6 @@
itself. Then we can avoid a lot of those platform checks
which are currently in Configure.
- o The installation under "make install" produces a very
- installation layout: $prefix/certs and $prefix/private dirs. That's
- not nice. Ralf suggests to move the two certs and private dirs either
- to $prefix/etc/, $prefix/lib/ or $prefix/share. Alternatively
- we could also not install the certs at all.
-
- Status: Ralf +1 for both not installing the certs at all and
- moving it to $prefix/etc/. +0 for $prefix/lib/
- and $prefix/share.
- Paul: why is it not nice?
- Ralf: because it messes up the install dir when
- $prefix is not a dedicated area like /usr/local/ssl.
- When we move them to a standard subdir like
- etc/ lib/ or share/ we don't mess up things
- when $prefix is /usr or /usr/local, etc.
- Additionally it makes package vendors life
- easier....
-
o Support for Shared Libraries has to be added at least
for the major Unix platforms. The details we can rip from the stuff
Ralf has done for the Apache src/Configure script. Ben wants the