Document hpux-parisc2-cc problems, probably due to optimizer bug.

[openssl.git] / FAQ

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@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ OpenSSL  -  Frequently Asked Questions
 * Which is the current version of OpenSSL?
 
 The current version is available from <URL: http://www.openssl.org>.
-OpenSSL 0.9.6h was released on December 5, 2002.
+OpenSSL 0.9.7 was released on December 31, 2002.
 
 In addition to the current stable release, you can also access daily
 snapshots of the OpenSSL development version at <URL:
@@ -577,10 +577,13 @@ As of 0.9.7 assembler routines were overhauled for position independence
 of the machine code, which is essential for shared library support. For
 some reason OpenBSD is equipped with an out-of-date GNU assembler which
 finds the new code offensive. To work around the problem, configure with
-no-asm (and sacrifice a great deal of performance) or upgrade /usr/bin/as.
+no-asm (and sacrifice a great deal of performance) or patch your assembler
+according to <URL: http://www.openssl.org/~appro/gas-1.92.3.OpenBSD.patch>.
 For your convenience a pre-compiled replacement binary is provided at
-http://www.openssl.org/~appro/i386-openbsd3-as, which is compiled from
-binutils-2.8 released in 1997.
+<URL: http://www.openssl.org/~appro/gas-1.92.3.static.aout.bin>.
+Reportedly elder *BSD a.out platforms also suffer from this problem and
+remedy should be same. Provided binary is statically linked and should be
+working across wider range of *BSD branches, not just OpenBSD.
 
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