X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.W32;h=564c1f9e559ef7171c3e7ead6212e75055f62fb9;hp=618a5107bb85ab0c18e37c16b37d2c20e8fd66c0;hb=82db6e1646af7d0df0b86bfbedfea1efaebcc27a;hpb=889a54c4671acbf59adc399831525e50a5902580 diff --git a/INSTALL.W32 b/INSTALL.W32 index 618a5107bb..564c1f9e55 100644 --- a/INSTALL.W32 +++ b/INSTALL.W32 @@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ this is tested on Win32 but it may also work in Win 3.1 with some modification. - You need Perl for Win32 (available from http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl) + You need Perl for Win32 -- either ActiveState Perl, available from + http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl, or the perl that comes with + Cygwin. Version 5.6.1-2 of the latter has been reported to work, + although earlier versions might cause `./Configure' to fail. + and one of the following C compilers: * Visual C++ @@ -257,5 +261,5 @@ malloc(), free() and realloc() as the application. However there are many standard library functions used by OpenSSL that call malloc() internally (e.g. fopen()), and OpenSSL cannot change these; so in general you cannot - rely on CYRPTO_malloc_init() solving your problem, and you should + rely on CRYPTO_malloc_init() solving your problem, and you should consistently use the multithreaded library.