header files
* a supported operating system
- For additional platform specific requirements and other details,
- please read one of these:
+ For additional platform specific requirements, solutions to specific
+ issues and other details, please read one of these:
* NOTES.VMS (OpenVMS)
* NOTES.WIN (any supported Windows)
AR
The name of the ar executable to use.
+ BUILDFILE
+ Use a different build file name than the platform default
+ ("Makefile" on Unixly platforms, "makefile" on native Windows,
+ "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS). This requires that there is a
+ corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README
+ for further information.
+
CC
The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
- should be built on different platforms. This information is
- held in ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. See the
+ should be built on different platforms as well as build file
+ templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
+ ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
+ file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
file Configurations/README for further information about the
- format of ".conf" files. As well as the standard ".conf" files
- it is possible to create your own ".conf" files and store them
- locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
- variable can be set to the directory where these files are held.
+ format of ".conf" files as well as information on the ".tmpl"
+ files.
+ In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
+ possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
+ them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
+ variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
+ and will have Configure to consider them in addition to the
+ standard ones.
PERL
The name of the Perl executable to use when building OpenSSL.