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| -rw-r--r-- | CHANGES | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 20 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ TODO: bug: pad x with leading zeros if necessary # is assumed to contain the absolute OpenSSL source directory. mkdir -p objtree/"`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`" cd objtree/"`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`" - (cd $OPENSSL_SOURCE; find . -type f -o -type l) | while read F; do + (cd $OPENSSL_SOURCE; find . -type f) | while read F; do mkdir -p `dirname $F` ln -s $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F $F done @@ -308,3 +308,23 @@ 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` + ln -s $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F $F + done + + 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. |