X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=1212c63a058729205e21fb34e5b314f069a3d75d;hp=588db8e01fbe452302a809719ade6be82808a456;hb=30b10f947af90ac9f1daf187015506404b7ab03b;hpb=a84c9d1ed9e1b96d474dabe902b7eee34d172fc8;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 588db8e01f..1212c63a05 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ 386 Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note: Use compiler flags for any other CPU specific configuration, - e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on a 64 bit system. + e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on an x64 system. no-sse2 Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extention is detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the @@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ compile programs with libcrypto or libssl. lib Contains the OpenSSL library files themselves. + Use "make install_sw" to install the software without documentation, + and "install_docs_html" to install HTML renditions of the manual + pages. + Package builders who want to configure the library for standard locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that it can easily be packaged, can use @@ -302,10 +306,10 @@ Note on shared libraries ------------------------ - Shared library is currently an experimental feature. The only reason to - have them would be to conserve memory on systems where several program - are using OpenSSL. Binary backward compatibility can't be guaranteed - before OpenSSL version 1.0. + Shared libraries have certain caveats. Binary backward compatibility + can't be guaranteed before OpenSSL version 1.0. The only reason to + use them would be to conserve memory on systems where several programs + are using OpenSSL. For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems,