+Intro
+=====
+
+This directory contains a few sets of files that are used for
+configuration in diverse ways:
+
+ *.conf Target platform configurations, please read
+ 'Configurations of OpenSSL target platforms' for more
+ information.
+ *.tmpl Build file templates, please read 'Build-file
+ programming with the "unified" build system' as well
+ as 'Build info files' for more information.
+ *.pm Helper scripts / modules for the main `Configure`
+ script. See 'Configure helper scripts for more
+ information.
+
+
Configurations of OpenSSL target platforms
==========================================
-Target configurations are a collection of facts that we know about
+Configuration targets are a collection of facts that we know about
different platforms and their capabilities. We organise them in a
hash table, where each entry represent a specific target.
+Note that configuration target names must be unique across all config
+files. The Configure script does check that a config file doesn't
+have config targets that shadow config targets from other files.
+
In each table entry, the following keys are significant:
inherit_from => Other targets to inherit values from.
sys_id => System identity for systems where that
is difficult to determine automatically.
- cc => The compiler command, usually one of "cc",
+ enable => Enable specific configuration features.
+ This MUST be an array of words.
+ disable => Disable specific configuration features.
+ This MUST be an array of words.
+ Note: if the same feature is both enabled
+ and disabled, disable wins.
+
+ cc => The C compiler command, usually one of "cc",
"gcc" or "clang". This command is normally
also used to link object files and
libraries into the final program.
+ cxx => The C++ compiler command, usually one of
+ "c++", "g++" or "clang++". This command is
+ also used when linking a program where at
+ least one of the object file is made from
+ C++ source.
cflags => Flags that are used at all times when
- compiling.
+ compiling C object files.
+ cxxflags => Flags that are used at all times when
+ compiling C++ object files. If unset, it
+ gets the same value as cflags.
defines => As an alternative, macro definitions may be
present here instead of in `cflags'. If
given here, they MUST be as an array of the
string such as "MACRO=value", or just
"MACRO" for definitions without value.
- debug_cflags => Extra compilation flags used when making a
- debug build (when Configure receives the
- --debug option). Typically something like
- "-g -O0".
- debug_defines => Similarly to `debug_cflags', this gets
- combined with `defines' during a debug
- build. The value here MUST also be an
- array of the same form as for `defines'.
- release_cflags => Extra compilation flags used when making a
- release build (when Configure receives the
- --release option, or doesn't receive the
- --debug option). Typically something like
- "-O" or "-O3".
- release_defines => Similarly to `release_cflags', this gets
- combined with `defines' during a release
- build. The value here MUST also be an
- array of the same form as for `defines'.
- thread_cflags => Extra compilation flags used when
- compiling with threading enabled.
- Explained further below. [2]
- thread_defines => Similarly to `thread_cflags', this gets
- combined with `defines' when threading is
- enabled. The value here MUST also be an
- array of the same form as for `defines'.
shared_cflag => Extra compilation flags used when
compiling for shared libraries, typically
something like "-fPIC".
ex_libs => Extra libraries that are needed when
linking.
- debug_lflags => Like debug_cflags, but used when linking.
- release_lflags => Like release_cflags, but used when linking.
-
ar => The library archive command, the default is
"ar".
(NOTE: this is here for future use, it's
files. On unix, this defaults to "" (NOTE:
this is here for future use, it's not
implemented yet)
-
+ shlib_variant => A "variant" identifier inserted between the base
+ shared library name and the extension. On "unixy"
+ platforms (BSD, Linux, Solaris, MacOS/X, ...) this
+ supports installation of custom OpenSSL libraries
+ that don't conflict with other builds of OpenSSL
+ installed on the system. The variant identifier
+ becomes part of the SONAME of the library and also
+ any symbol versions (symbol versions are not used or
+ needed with MacOS/X). For example, on a system
+ where a default build would normally create the SSL
+ shared library as 'libssl.so -> libssl.so.1.1' with
+ the value of the symlink as the SONAME, a target
+ definition that sets 'shlib_variant => "-abc"' will
+ create 'libssl.so -> libssl-abc.so.1.1', again with
+ an SONAME equal to the value of the symlink. The
+ symbol versions associated with the variant library
+ would then be 'OPENSSL_ABC_<version>' rather than
+ the default 'OPENSSL_<version>'. The string inserted
+ into symbol versions is obtained by mapping all
+ letters in the "variant" identifier to upper case
+ and all non-alphanumeric characters to '_'.
+
+ thread_scheme => The type of threads is used on the
+ configured platform. Currently known
+ values are "(unknown)", "pthreads",
+ "uithreads" (a.k.a solaris threads) and
+ "winthreads". Except for "(unknown)", the
+ actual value is currently ignored but may
+ be used in the future. See further notes
+ below [2].
dso_scheme => The type of dynamic shared objects to build
for. This mostly comes into play with
engines, but can be used for other purposes
some options. In this case, the first
string in the list is the name of the build
scheme.
- Currently recognised build schemes are
- "mk1mf" and "unixmake" and "unified".
+ Currently recognised build scheme is "unified".
For the "unified" build scheme, this item
*must* be an array with the first being the
word "unified" and the second being a word
to have the different variants in different
directories.
- bn_ops => Building options (was just bignum options
- in the earlier history of this option,
- hence the name). This a string of words
- that describe properties on the designated
- target platform, such as the type of
- integers used to build up the bitnum,
- different ways to implement certain ciphers
- and so on. To fully comprehend the
+ bn_ops => Building options (was just bignum options in
+ the earlier history of this option, hence the
+ name). This is a string of words that describe
+ algorithms' implementation parameters that
+ are optimal for the designated target platform,
+ such as the type of integers used to build up
+ the bignum, different ways to implement certain
+ ciphers and so on. To fully comprehend the
meaning, the best is to read the affected
source.
The valid words are:
- BN_LLONG use 'unsigned long long' in
- some bignum calculations.
- This has no value when
- SIXTY_FOUR_BIT or
- SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG is given.
- RC4_CHAR makes the basic RC4 unit of
- calculation an unsigned char.
- SIXTY_FOUR_BIT processor registers
- are 64 bits, long is
- 32 bits, long long is
- 64 bits.
- SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG processor registers
- are 64 bits, long is
- 64 bits.
- THIRTY_TWO_BIT processor registers
- are 32 bits.
+ THIRTY_TWO_BIT bignum limbs are 32 bits,
+ this is default if no
+ option is specified, it
+ works on any supported
+ system [unless "wider"
+ limb size is implied in
+ assembly code];
+ BN_LLONG bignum limbs are 32 bits,
+ but 64-bit 'unsigned long
+ long' is used internally
+ in calculations;
+ SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG bignum limbs are 64 bits
+ and sizeof(long) is 8;
+ SIXTY_FOUR_BIT bignums limbs are 64 bits,
+ but execution environment
+ is ILP32;
+ RC4_CHAR RC4 key schedule is made
+ up of 'unsigned char's;
+ RC4_INT RC4 key schedule is made
+ up of 'unsigned int's;
EXPORT_VAR_AS_FN for shared libraries,
export vars as
accessor functions.
'inherit_from' that indicate what other configurations to inherit
data from. These are resolved recursively.
- Inheritance works as a set of default values that can be overriden
+ Inheritance works as a set of default values that can be overridden
by corresponding key values in the inheriting configuration.
Note 1: any configuration table can be used as a template.
}
[2] OpenSSL is built with threading capabilities unless the user
- specifies 'no-threads'. The value of the key 'thread_cflags' may
+ specifies 'no-threads'. The value of the key 'thread_scheme' may
be "(unknown)", in which case the user MUST give some compilation
flags to Configure.
to be located in the source tree while files given through DEPEND are
expected to be located in the build tree)
-For some libraries, we maintain files with public symbols and their
-slot in a transfer vector (important on some platforms). It can be
-declared like this:
+It's also possible to depend on static libraries explicitly:
- ORDINALS[libcrypto]=crypto
+ DEPEND[foo]=libsomething.a
+ DEPEND[libbar]=libsomethingelse.a
-The value is not the name of the file in question, but rather the
-argument to util/mkdef.pl that indicates which file to use.
+This should be rarely used, and care should be taken to make sure it's
+only used when supported. For example, native Windows build doesn't
+support build static libraries and DLLs at the same time, so using
+static libraries on Windows can only be done when configured
+'no-shared'.
One some platforms, shared libraries come with a name that's different
from their static counterpart. That's declared as follows:
"libbar" everywhere?), it does make sense when it can be used
conditionally. See a little further below for an example.
+In some cases, it's desirable to include some source files in the
+shared form of a library only:
+
+ SHARED_SOURCE[libfoo]=dllmain.c
+
For any file to be built, it's also possible to tell what extra
include paths the build of their source files should use:
INCLUDE[foo]=include
-It's possible to have raw build file lines, between BEGINRAW and
-ENDRAW lines as follows:
+In some cases, one might want to generate some source files from
+others, that's done as follows:
+
+ GENERATE[foo.s]=asm/something.pl $(CFLAGS)
+ GENERATE[bar.s]=asm/bar.S
+
+The value of each GENERATE line is a command line or part of it.
+Configure places no rules on the command line, except that the first
+item must be the generator file. It is, however, entirely up to the
+build file template to define exactly how those command lines should
+be handled, how the output is captured and so on.
+
+Sometimes, the generator file itself depends on other files, for
+example if it is a perl script that depends on other perl modules.
+This can be expressed using DEPEND like this:
+
+ DEPEND[asm/something.pl]=../perlasm/Foo.pm
+
+There may also be cases where the exact file isn't easily specified,
+but an inclusion directory still needs to be specified. INCLUDE can
+be used in that case:
+
+ INCLUDE[asm/something.pl]=../perlasm
+
+NOTE: GENERATE lines are limited to one command only per GENERATE.
+
+As a last resort, it's possible to have raw build file lines, between
+BEGINRAW and ENDRAW lines as follows:
BEGINRAW[Makefile(unix)]
haha.h: {- $builddir -}/Makefile
echo "/* haha */" > haha.h
ENDRAW[Makefile(unix)]
-The word withing square brackets is the build_file configuration item
+The word within square brackets is the build_file configuration item
or the build_file configuration item followed by the second word in the
build_scheme configuration item for the configured target within
parenthesis as shown above. For example, with the following relevant
build hoho.h: echo "/* hoho */" > hoho.h
ENDRAW[build.ninja(unix)]
+Should it be needed because the recipes within a RAW section might
+clash with those generated by Configure, it's possible to tell it
+not to generate them with the use of OVERRIDES, for example:
+
+ SOURCE[libfoo]=foo.c bar.c
+
+ OVERRIDES=bar.o
+ BEGINRAW[Makefile(unix)]
+ bar.o: bar.c
+ $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DSPECIAL -c -o $@ $<
+ ENDRAW[Makefile(unix)]
+
See the documentation further up for more information on configuration
items.
Together with the use of Text::Template, this can be used as
conditions based on something in the passed variables, for example:
- IF[{- $config{no_shared} -}]
+ IF[{- $disabled{shared} -}]
LIBS=libcrypto
SOURCE[libcrypto]=...
ELSE
perl functions in a perl code fragment enclosed with "{-" and "-}".
They are all expected to return a string with the lines they produce.
- src2dep - function that produces build file lines to get the
- dependencies for an object file into a dependency
- file.
+ generatesrc - function that produces build file lines to generate
+ a source file from some input.
It's called like this:
- src2dep(obj => "PATH/TO/objectfile",
- srcs => [ "PATH/TO/sourcefile", ... ],
- incs => [ "INCL/PATH", ... ]);
-
- 'obj' has the dependent object file as well as
- object file the dependencies are for; it's *without*
- extension, src2dep() is expected to add that.
- 'srcs' has the list of source files to build the
- object file, with the first item being the source
- file that directly corresponds to the object file.
- 'incs' is a list of include file directories.
+ generatesrc(src => "PATH/TO/tobegenerated",
+ generator => [ "generatingfile", ... ]
+ generator_incs => [ "INCL/PATH", ... ]
+ generator_deps => [ "dep1", ... ]
+ generator => [ "generatingfile", ... ]
+ incs => [ "INCL/PATH", ... ],
+ deps => [ "dep1", ... ],
+ intent => one of "libs", "dso", "bin" );
+
+ 'src' has the name of the file to be generated.
+ 'generator' is the command or part of command to
+ generate the file, of which the first item is
+ expected to be the file to generate from.
+ generatesrc() is expected to analyse and figure out
+ exactly how to apply that file and how to capture
+ the result. 'generator_incs' and 'generator_deps'
+ are include directories and files that the generator
+ file itself depends on. 'incs' and 'deps' are
+ include directories and files that are used if $(CC)
+ is used as an intermediary step when generating the
+ end product (the file indicated by 'src'). 'intent'
+ indicates what the generated file is going to be
+ used for.
src2obj - function that produces build file lines to build an
object file from source files and associated data.
src2obj(obj => "PATH/TO/objectfile",
srcs => [ "PATH/TO/sourcefile", ... ],
deps => [ "dep1", ... ],
- incs => [ "INCL/PATH", ... ]);
+ incs => [ "INCL/PATH", ... ]
+ intent => one of "lib", "dso", "bin" );
'obj' has the intended object file *without*
extension, src2obj() is expected to add that.
'srcs' has the list of source files to build the
object file, with the first item being the source
file that directly corresponds to the object file.
- 'deps' is a list of dependencies. 'incs' is a list
- of include file directories.
+ 'deps' is a list of explicit dependencies. 'incs'
+ is a list of include file directories. Finally,
+ 'intent' indicates what this object file is going
+ to be used for.
obj2lib - function that produces build file lines to build a
static library file ("libfoo.a" in Unix terms) from
libobj2shlib(shlib => "PATH/TO/shlibfile",
lib => "PATH/TO/libfile",
objs => [ "PATH/TO/objectfile", ... ],
- deps => [ "PATH/TO/otherlibfile", ... ],
- ordinals => [ "word", "/PATH/TO/ordfile" ]);
+ deps => [ "PATH/TO/otherlibfile", ... ]);
'lib' has the intended library file name *without*
extension, libobj2shlib is expected to add that.
- 'shlib' has the correcponding shared library name
+ 'shlib' has the corresponding shared library name
*without* extension. 'deps' has the list of other
libraries (also *without* extension) this library
needs to be linked with. 'objs' has the list of
object files (also *without* extension) to build
- this library. 'ordinals' MAY be present, and when
- it is, its value is an array where the word is
- "crypto" or "ssl" and the file is one of the ordinal
- files util/libeay.num or util/ssleay.num in the
- source directory.
+ this library.
This function has a choice; it can use the
corresponding static library as input to make the
shared library, or the list of object files.
- obj2dynlib - function that produces build file lines to build a
- dynamically loadable library file ("libfoo.so" on
- Unix) from object files.
+ obj2dso - function that produces build file lines to build a
+ dynamic shared object file from object files.
called like this:
- obj2dynlib(lib => "PATH/TO/libfile",
- objs => [ "PATH/TO/objectfile", ... ],
- deps => [ "PATH/TO/otherlibfile",
- ... ]);
+ obj2dso(lib => "PATH/TO/libfile",
+ objs => [ "PATH/TO/objectfile", ... ],
+ deps => [ "PATH/TO/otherlibfile",
+ ... ]);
This is almost the same as libobj2shlib, but the
intent is to build a shareable library that can be
directory.
Make sure to end the section with these functions with a string that
-you thing is apropriate for the resulting build file. If nothing
+you thing is appropriate for the resulting build file. If nothing
else, end it like this:
""; # Make sure no lingering values end up in the Makefile
-}
+
+
+Configure helper scripts
+========================
+
+Configure uses helper scripts in this directory:
+
+Checker scripts
+---------------
+
+These scripts are per platform family, to check the integrity of the
+tools used for configuration and building. The checker script used is
+either {build_platform}-{build_file}-checker.pm or
+{build_platform}-checker.pm, where {build_platform} is the second
+'build_scheme' list element from the configuration target data, and
+{build_file} is 'build_file' from the same target data.
+
+If the check succeeds, the script is expected to end with a non-zero
+expression. If the check fails, the script can end with a zero, or
+with a `die`.
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