Allow DSO flags like -fpic, -fPIC, -KPIC etc. to be specified on the `perl

[openssl.git] / INSTALL.W32

diff --git a/INSTALL.W32 b/INSTALL.W32
index 9122410404a4aed525986dc767dc34ba813660f4..75dc7dbb832021483b330ee306e5f2e5cc8234c4 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.W32
+++ b/INSTALL.W32
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Heres a few comments about building OpenSSL in Windows environments. Most of
 this is tested on Win32 but it may also work in Win 3.1 with some modification.
 See the end of this file for Eric's original comments.
 
 this is tested on Win32 but it may also work in Win 3.1 with some modification.
 See the end of this file for Eric's original comments.
 

+Note: the default Win32 environment is to leave out any Windows NT specific
+features: (currently only BIO_s_log()) if you want NT specific features see
+the "Tweaks" section later.
+

 You will need perl for Win32 (which can be got from various sources) and Visual
 C++. 
 
 You will need perl for Win32 (which can be got from various sources) and Visual
 C++. 
 


@@ -73,6 +77,11 @@ There are various changes you can make to the Win32 compile environment. If you
 have the MASM assembler 'ml' then you can try the assembly language code. To
 do this remove the 'no-asm' part from do_ms.bat.
 
 have the MASM assembler 'ml' then you can try the assembly language code. To
 do this remove the 'no-asm' part from do_ms.bat.
 

+If you want to enable the NT specific features of OpenSSL (currently only
+the logging BIO) follow the instructions above but call the batch file
+do_nt.bat instead of do_ms.bat. If you do this then you will no longer be able
+to run the OpenSSL binaries under Windows 95 or 98.
+

 You can also build a static version of the library using the Makefile ms\nt.mak
 
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 You can also build a static version of the library using the Makefile ms\nt.mak
 
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