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@@ -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 -------------------------------- |