INSTALLATION ON THE UNIX PLATFORM
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- [Installation on Windows, OpenVMS and MacOS (before MacOS X) is described
- in INSTALL.W32, INSTALL.VMS and INSTALL.MacOS.]
+ [Installation on DOS (with djgpp), Windows, OpenVMS and MacOS (before MacOS X)
+ is described in INSTALL.DJGPP, INSTALL.W32, INSTALL.VMS and INSTALL.MacOS.
+ This document describes installation on operating systems in the Unix
+ family.]
To install OpenSSL, you will need:
zlib-dynamic Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library dynamically
when needed. This is only supported on systems where loading
- of shared libraries is supported.
+ of shared libraries is supported. This is the default choice.
no-shared Don't try to create shared libraries.
the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like missing
standard headers). If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself, please
report the problem to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org> (note that your
- message will be forwarded to a public mailing list). Include the
- output of "make report" in your message.
+ message will be recorded in the request tracker publicly readable
+ via http://www.openssl.org/rt2.html and will be forwarded to a public
+ mailing list). Include the output of "make report" in your message.
+ Please check out the request tracker. Maybe the bug was already
+ reported or has already been fixed.
[If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm"
configuration option as an immediate fix.]
try removing any compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line
in Makefile.ssl and run "make clean; make". Please send a bug
report to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org>, including the output of
- "make report".
+ "make report" in order to be added to the request tracker at
+ http://www.openssl.org/rt2.html.
4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with