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@@ -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. |