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@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ OpenSSL - Frequently Asked Questions * Why does the OpenSSL test fail with "bc: 1 no implemented"? * Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail on Alpha True64 Unix? * Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail with "ar: command not found"? +* Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail on Win32 with VC++? +* Why aren't tools like 'autoconf' and 'libtool' used? * Which is the current version of OpenSSL? @@ -430,3 +432,29 @@ and then redo the compilation. What you should really do is make sure '/usr/ccs/bin' is permanently in your $PATH, for example through your '.profile' (again, assuming you use a sh-compatible shell). + +* Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail on Win32 with VC++? + +Sometimes, you may get reports from VC++ command line (cl) that it +can't find standard include files like stdio.h and other weirdnesses. +One possible cause is that the environment isn't correctly set up. +To solve that problem, one should run VCVARS32.BAT which is found in +the 'bin' subdirectory of the VC++ installation directory (somewhere +under 'Program Files'). This needs to be done prior to running NMAKE, +and the changes are only valid for the current DOS session. + + +* Why aren't tools like 'autoconf' and 'libtool' used? + +autoconf is a nice tool, but is unfortunately very Unix-centric. +Although one can come up with solution to have ports keep in track, +there's also some work needed for that, and can be quite painful at +times. If there was a 'autoconf'-like tool that generated perl +scripts or something similarly general, it would probably be used +in OpenSSL much earlier. + +libtool has repeatadly been reported by some members of the OpenSSL +development and others to be a pain to use. So far, those in the +development team who have said anything about this have expressed +a wish to avoid libtool for that reason. + |