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author | Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> | 2005-06-06 09:33:45 +0000 |
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committer | Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> | 2005-06-06 09:33:45 +0000 |
commit | bd4e9b0512fd2923e4b3c9ccf754f5974c1b765c (patch) | |
tree | 5a7c6028863109275263bd88414f5c7c872eacbe /FAQ | |
parent | 7844ff735f3ca58da9198c0f97c482086cccd008 (diff) | |
download | openssl-new-bd4e9b0512fd2923e4b3c9ccf754f5974c1b765c.tar.gz |
FAQ to mention no-sha512 as option for compilers without support for
64-bit integer type [from HEAD].
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@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ OpenSSL - Frequently Asked Questions * Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail in BN_sqr test [on a 64-bit platform]? * Why does OpenBSD-i386 build fail on des-586.s with "Unimplemented segment type"? * Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail in sha512t on x86 CPU? +* Why does compiler fail to compile sha512.c? [PROG] Questions about programming with OpenSSL @@ -607,6 +608,15 @@ Intel P4, under control of kernel which does not support SSE2 instruction extentions. See accompanying INSTALL file and OPENSSL_ia32cap(3) documentation page for further information. +* Why does compiler fail to compile sha512.c? + +OpenSSL SHA-512 implementation depends on compiler support for 64-bit +integer type. Few elder compilers [ULTRIX cc, SCO compiler to mention a +couple] lack support for this and therefore are incapable of compiling +the module in question. The recommendation is to disable SHA-512 by +adding no-sha512 to ./config [or ./Configure] command line. Another +possible alternative might be to switch to GCC. + [PROG] ======================================================================== * Is OpenSSL thread-safe? |