From 187bad4c241ad2a929745546fd473f0692879fa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Levitte Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:02:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a few notes on perl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reviewed-by: Emilia Käsper --- INSTALL | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- INSTALL.VMS | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 610f7dad26..9bb98bef10 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To install OpenSSL, you will need: * make - * Perl 5 + * Perl 5 with core modules (see 'Note on Perl' further down) * an ANSI C compiler * a development environment in form of development libraries and C header files @@ -286,6 +286,26 @@ with names of the form . + Note on Perl + ------------ + + For our scripts, we rely quite a bit on Perl, and increasingly on + some core Perl modules. These Perl modules are part of the Perl + source, so if you build Perl on your own, you should be set. + + However, if you install Perl as binary packages, the outcome might + differ, and you may have to check that you do get the core modules + installed properly. We do not claim to know them all, but experience + has told us the following: + + - on Linux distributions based on Debian, the package 'perl' will + install the core Perl modules as well, so you will be fine. + - on Linux distributions based on RPMs, you will need to install + 'perl-core' rather than just 'perl'. + + It is highly recommended that you have at least Perl version 5.12 + installed. + Note on multi-threading ----------------------- diff --git a/INSTALL.VMS b/INSTALL.VMS index 8f0d847803..7fc3389fca 100644 --- a/INSTALL.VMS +++ b/INSTALL.VMS @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Requirements: To build and install OpenSSL, you will need: + * Perl 5 with core modules. If you don't want to build it yourself, + we suggest you look here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsperlkit/files/ * DEC C or some other ANSI C compiler. VAX C is *not* supported. [Note: OpenSSL has only been tested with DEC C. Compiling with a different ANSI C compiler may require some work] -- 2.34.1