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| author | Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> | 2002-01-03 18:53:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> | 2002-01-03 18:53:47 +0000 |
| commit | 9bd2cd745fcb06921fdd284befef945e42e62a66 (patch) | |
| tree | 45ac617008c58e59b3b989ebcda8af0abcbb1d87 /INSTALL.W32 | |
| parent | 015fbde8075fefb43e10bb3b8c1dd9af8efcf528 (diff) | |
| download | openssl-9bd2cd745fcb06921fdd284befef945e42e62a66.tar.gz | |
Better clarification on perl
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.W32 | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.W32 b/INSTALL.W32 index 564c1f9e55..7c1d13e964 100644 --- a/INSTALL.W32 +++ b/INSTALL.W32 @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ INSTALLATION ON THE WIN32 PLATFORM ---------------------------------- - Heres a few comments about building OpenSSL in Windows environments. Most of - this is tested on Win32 but it may also work in Win 3.1 with some + Heres a few comments about building OpenSSL in Windows environments. Most + of this is tested on Win32 but it may also work in Win 3.1 with some modification. - You need Perl for Win32 -- either ActiveState Perl, available from - http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl, or the perl that comes with - Cygwin. Version 5.6.1-2 of the latter has been reported to work, - although earlier versions might cause `./Configure' to fail. + You need Perl for Win32. Unless you will build on CygWin32, you will need + ActiveState Perl, available from http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl. + For CygWin32 users, there's more info in the CygWin32 section. and one of the following C compilers: @@ -153,7 +152,8 @@ * Install CygWin32 (see http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin) - * Install Perl and ensure it is in the path (recent Cygwin perl or + * Install Perl and ensure it is in the path (recent Cygwin perl + (version 5.6.1-2 of the latter has been reported to work) or ActivePerl) * Run the CygWin bash shell @@ -188,8 +188,9 @@ Installation ------------ - There's currently no real installation procedure for Win32. There are, - however, some suggestions: + If you used the CygWin procedure above, you have already installed and + can skip this section. For all other procedures, there's currently no real + installation procedure for Win32. There are, however, some suggestions: - do nothing. The include files are found in the inc32/ subdirectory, all binaries are found in out32dll/ or out32/ depending if you built |