replaced snprintf with BIO version (for windows builds)

[openssl.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 2fd2235d14ed7ee7600e0cc790764c2c17f93677..9273db3b635198077c71365fbbc5388f51a96440 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -296,6 +296,19 @@
                    Typically OpenSSL will automatically load a system config
                    file which configures default ssl options.
 
+  enable-buildtest-c++
+                   While testing, generate C++ buildtest files that
+                   simply check that the public OpenSSL header files
+                   are usable standalone with C++.
+
+                   Enabling this option demands extra care.  For any
+                   compiler flag given directly as configuration
+                   option, you must ensure that it's valid for both
+                   the C and the C++ compiler.  If not, the C++ build
+                   test will most likely break.  As an alternative,
+                   you can use the language specific variables, CFLAGS
+                   and CXXFLAGS.
+
   no-capieng
                    Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
                    on a platform that does not support CAPI.
@@ -340,9 +353,6 @@
                    on BSD implementations, in which case it can be disabled with
                    no-devcryptoeng.
 
-  no-dso
-                   Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
-
   no-dynamic-engine
                    Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
                    effect in a "shared" build
@@ -396,9 +406,6 @@
                    available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
                    loading an externally supplied engine.
 
-  no-hw-padlock
-                   Don't build the padlock engine.
-
   no-makedepend
                    Don't generate dependencies.
 
@@ -413,6 +420,11 @@
   no-ocsp
                    Don't build support for OCSP.
 
+  no-padlockeng
+  no-hw-padlock
+                   Don't build the padlock engine.
+                   ('no-hw-padlock' is deprecated and should not be used)
+
   no-pic
                    Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
 
@@ -508,6 +520,10 @@
                    require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
                    multi-threading" below.
 
+  enable-trace
+                   Build with support for the integrated tracing api. See manual pages
+                   OSSL_trace_set_channel(3) and OSSL_trace_enabled(3) for details.
+
   no-ts
                    Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
 
@@ -674,6 +690,11 @@
                         CC=gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- \
                         ./config -DCOOKIE
 
+                   If CC is set, it is advisable to also set CXX to ensure
+                   both C and C++ compilers are in the same "family".  This
+                   becomes relevant with 'enable-external-tests' and
+                   'enable-buildtest-c++'.
+
   reconf
   reconfigure
                    Reconfigure from earlier data.  This fetches the previous
@@ -973,10 +994,10 @@
 
   *  COMPILING existing applications
 
-     OpenSSL 1.1.0 hides a number of structures that were previously
-     open.  This includes all internal libssl structures and a number
-     of EVP types.  Accessor functions have been added to allow
-     controlled access to the structures' data.
+     Starting with version 1.1.0, OpenSSL hides a number of structures
+     that were previously open.  This includes all internal libssl
+     structures and a number of EVP types.  Accessor functions have
+     been added to allow controlled access to the structures' data.
 
      This means that some software needs to be rewritten to adapt to
      the new ways of doing things.  This often amounts to allocating
@@ -1079,7 +1100,7 @@
 
  depend
                 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
-                option that no longer needs to be used in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
+                option that no longer needs to be used since OpenSSL 1.1.0.
 
  install
                 Install all OpenSSL components.