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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-04-13 15:04:01 +0100
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-04-13 21:25:24 +0100
commitecabf05e5bddb8afcffe02c9c93736ff6e9888f8 (patch)
tree139c51f608e94900da86cf07ebd209a6aaf9c00a /INSTALL
parenta39a87928d3687d39c9c18a6d84c3aeda104e8d8 (diff)
downloadopenssl-ecabf05e5bddb8afcffe02c9c93736ff6e9888f8.tar.gz
Update the INSTALL instructions with lots of options
There were a lot of options missing from INSTALL. This adds descriptions for them. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6d532d4c8e..4696051839 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -77,14 +77,16 @@
--openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
- --prefix=DIR The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
+ --prefix=DIR
+ The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
Unix: /usr/local
Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
- --openssldir=DIR Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
+ --openssldir=DIR
+ Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
Unix: /usr/local/ssl
@@ -92,60 +94,167 @@
or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
- --api=x.y.z Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
+ --api=x.y.z
+ Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
version 1.1.0 or below.
- no-deprecated Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
- same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
- number.
+ no-afalgeng
+ Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
+ on a platform that does not support AFALG.
+
+ no-asm
+ Do not use assembler code.
+
+ no-async
+ Do not build support for async operations.
- no-autoalginit Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
+ no-autoalginit
+ Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
- EVP_add_digest() if this option is used.
+ EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
+ force a non-shared build.
- no-autoerrinit Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
+ no-autoerrinit
+ Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
error strings. For a statically linked application this may
be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
- no-threads Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
- applications.
- threads Build with support for multi-threaded applications.
- This will usually require additional system-dependent
- options! See "Note on multi-threading" below.
+ no-capieng
+ Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
+ on a platform that does not support CAPI.
- no-zlib Don't try to build with support for zlib compression and
- decompression.
+ no-cms
+ Don't build support for CMS features
- zlib Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
+ no-comp
+ Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
+ is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
+ work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
- zlib-dynamic Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
- dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
- where loading of shared libraries is supported. This is the
- default choice.
+ enable-crypto-mdebug
+ Build support for debugging memory allocated via
+ OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
+
+ enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
+ As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
+ information for allocated memory.
+
+ no-ct
+ Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
+
+ no-deprecated
+ Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
+ same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
+ number.
+
+ no-dgram
+ Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
+ option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
+
+ no-dso
+ Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
+
+ no-dynamic-engine
+ Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
+ effect in a "shared" build
+
+ no-ec
+ Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
+
+ no-ec2m
+ Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
+
+ enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
+ Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
+ used NIST elliptic curves. This is only supported on some
+ platforms.
+
+ enable-egd
+ Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
+ Gathering Daemon).
+
+ no-engine
+ Don't build support for loading engines.
+
+ no-err
+ Don't compile in any error strings.
+
+ no-filenames
+ Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
+ for errors and memory allocation).
+
+ no-gost
+ Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
+ if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
+ available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
+ loading an externally supplied engine.
+
+ enable-heartbeats
+ Build support for DTLS heartbeats.
+
+ no-hw-padlock
+ Don't build the padlock engine.
+
+ no-makedepend
+ ??
+
+ no-multiblock
+ Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
+ go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
+ pipelining functionality).
+
+ no-nextprotoneg
+ Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
+
+ no-ocsp
+ Don't build support for OCSP.
- no-shared Don't try to create shared libraries.
+ no-pic
+ Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
- shared In addition to the usual static libraries, create shared
+ no-posix-io
+ Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
+
+ no-psk
+ Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
+
+ no-rdrand
+ Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
+
+ no-rfc3779
+ Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
+ Addresses and AS Identifiers")
+
+ no-sct
+ ??
+
+ 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-asm Do not use assembler code.
+ no-sock
+ Don't build support for socket BIOs
- 386 On Intel hardware, use the 80386 instruction set only
- (the default x86 code is more efficient, but requires at
- least a 486). Note: Use compiler flags for any other CPU
- specific configuration, e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on
- an x64 system.
+ no-srp
+ Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
+
+ no-srtp
+ Don't build SRTP support
- no-sse2 Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extension is
+ no-sse2
+ Exclude SSE2 code paths. Normally SSE2 extension is
detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
machine code will be executed is taken solely on CPU
capability vector. This means that if you happen to run OS
@@ -156,15 +265,96 @@
compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and there is a way to
disengage SSE2 code pathes upon application start-up,
but if you aim for wider "audience" running such kernel,
- consider no-sse2. Both 386 and no-asm options above imply
+ consider no-sse2. Both 386 and no-the asm options imply
no-sse2.
- no-<alg> Build without the specified algorithm (bf, cast, des, dh,
- dsa, hmac, md2, md5, mdc2, rc2, rc4, rc5, rsa, sha).
+ enable-ssl-trace
+ Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
+ option to s_client and s_server).
+
+ no-static-engine
+ Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
+ has an impact when not built "shared".
+
+ no-stdio
+ Don't use any C "stdio" features. Only libcrypto and libssl
+ can be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
+ building the command line applications. Additionally since
+ the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
+ tests will also be skipped.
+
+ no-threads
+ Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
+ applications.
+
+ threads
+ Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
+ platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
+ platform where this is not the case then this will usually
+ require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
+ multi-threading" below.
+
+ no-ts
+ Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
+
+ no-ui
+ Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
+ features enabling text based prompts).
+
+ enable-unit-test
+ Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
+ be used in production deployments.
+
+ enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
+ Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
+ (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
+
+ zlib
+ Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
+
+ zlib-dynamic
+ Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
+ dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
+ where loading of shared libraries is supported.
+
+ 386
+ On Intel hardware, use the 80386 instruction set only
+ (the default x86 code is more efficient, but requires at
+ least a 486). Note: Use compiler flags for any other CPU
+ specific configuration, e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on
+ an x64 system.
- -Dxxx, -lxxx, These system specific options will be passed through to the
- -Lxxx, -fxxx, compiler to allow you to define preprocessor symbols, specify
- -mXXX, -Kxxx additional libraries, library directories or other compiler
+ no-<prot>
+ Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
+ protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2, dtls,
+ dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then all of tls1,
+ tls1_1 and tls1_2 are disabled. Similarly "no-dtls" will
+ disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The "no-ssl" option is synonymous
+ with "no-ssl3". Note this only affects version negotiation.
+ OpenSSL will still provide the methods for applications to
+ explicitly select the individual protocol versions.
+
+ no-<prot>-method
+ As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
+ applications to explicitly select individual protocol
+ versions.
+
+ enable-<alg>
+ Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
+ is one of: md2 or rc5.
+
+ no-<alg>
+ Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
+ <alg> is one of: bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha, cmac,
+ des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, md5, mdc2, ocb,
+ ploy1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed or whirlpool. The
+ "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and if used is synonymous
+ with rmd160.
+
+ -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx
+ These system specific options will be passed through to the
+ compiler to allow you to define preprocessor symbols, specify
+ additional libraries, library directories or other compiler
options.