no-asm Do not use assembler code.
386 Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is
- more efficient, but requires at least a 486).
+ 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-sse2 Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extention is
detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
The crypto/<cipher> directory can be removed after running
"make depend".
- -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -Kxxx These system specific options will
+ -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.
compile programs with libcrypto or libssl.
lib Contains the OpenSSL library files themselves.
+ Use "make install_sw" to install the software without documentation,
+ and "install_docs_html" to install HTML renditions of the manual
+ pages.
+
Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
it can easily be packaged, can use
Note on support for multiple builds
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- OpenSSL is usually built in it's source tree. Unfortunately, this doesn't
+ OpenSSL is usually built in its 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: