X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NOTES.ANDROID;h=bbbd8e4db9218c42e5275aecce62b24fbfb73757;hp=d13f47d6675f6170515bee12ac56459942fadc6c;hb=2d015189b97c60b67e10aed320230357bf6b200f;hpb=f44d7e8b472dfc0602f8d06ef72e808a5e8d410c

diff --git a/NOTES.ANDROID b/NOTES.ANDROID
index d13f47d667..bbbd8e4db9 100644
--- a/NOTES.ANDROID
+++ b/NOTES.ANDROID
@@ -24,16 +24,18 @@
  in order to invoke $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc and company. (Configure will fail
  and give you a hint if you get it wrong.) Apart from PATH adjustment
  you need to set ANDROID_NDK environment to point at NDK directory
- as /some/where/android-ndk-<ver>. NDK customarily supports multiple
+ as /some/where/android-ndk-<ver>. Both variables are significant at both
+ configuration and compilation times. NDK customarily supports multiple
  Android API levels, e.g. android-14, android-21, etc. By default latest 
  one available is chosen. If you need to target older platform, pass
  additional -D__ANDROID_API__=N to Configure. N is numeric value of the
  target platform version. For example, to compile for ICS on ARM with
  NDK 10d:
 
-    ANDROID_NDK=/some/where/android-ndk-10d
+    export ANDROID_NDK=/some/where/android-ndk-10d
     PATH=$ANDROID_NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
     ./Configure android-arm -D__ANDROID_API__=14
+    make
 
  Caveat lector! Earlier OpenSSL versions relied on additional CROSS_SYSROOT
  variable set to $ANDROID_NDK/platforms/android-<api>/arch-<arch> to
@@ -43,12 +45,18 @@
  conflict, and mixing the two is therefore not supported. Migration to
  CROSS_SYSROOT-less setup is recommended.
 
- One can engage clang by adjusting PATH to cover NDK's clang. Just keep
- in mind that if you miss it, Configure will try to use gcc... Also,
- PATH would need even further adjustment to cover unprefixed, yet
+ One can engage clang by adjusting PATH to cover same NDK's clang. Just
+ keep in mind that if you miss it, Configure will try to use gcc...
+ Also, PATH would need even further adjustment to cover unprefixed, yet
  target-specific, ar and ranlib. It's possible that you don't need to
  bother, if binutils-multiarch is installed on your Linux system.
 
+ Another option is to create so called "standalone toolchain" tailored
+ for single specific platform including Android API level, and assign its
+ location to ANDROID_NDK. In such case you have to pass matching target
+ name to Configure and shouldn't use -D__ANDROID_API__=N. PATH adjusment
+ becomes simpler, $ANDROID_NDK/bin:$PATH suffices.
+
  Running tests (on Linux)
  ------------------------