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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.VMS | 2 |
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To install OpenSSL, you will need: * make - * Perl 5 + * Perl 5 with core modules (see 'Note on Perl' further down) * an ANSI C compiler * a development environment in form of development libraries and C header files @@ -286,6 +286,26 @@ with names of the form <foo.h>. + Note on Perl + ------------ + + For our scripts, we rely quite a bit on Perl, and increasingly on + some core Perl modules. These Perl modules are part of the Perl + source, so if you build Perl on your own, you should be set. + + However, if you install Perl as binary packages, the outcome might + differ, and you may have to check that you do get the core modules + installed properly. We do not claim to know them all, but experience + has told us the following: + + - on Linux distributions based on Debian, the package 'perl' will + install the core Perl modules as well, so you will be fine. + - on Linux distributions based on RPMs, you will need to install + 'perl-core' rather than just 'perl'. + + It is highly recommended that you have at least Perl version 5.12 + installed. + Note on multi-threading ----------------------- diff --git a/INSTALL.VMS b/INSTALL.VMS index 8f0d847803..7fc3389fca 100644 --- a/INSTALL.VMS +++ b/INSTALL.VMS @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Requirements: To build and install OpenSSL, you will need: + * Perl 5 with core modules. If you don't want to build it yourself, + we suggest you look here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsperlkit/files/ * DEC C or some other ANSI C compiler. VAX C is *not* supported. [Note: OpenSSL has only been tested with DEC C. Compiling with a different ANSI C compiler may require some work] |