From 2ec077d87eb1415978df0321aac1dddd7c612f8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Ralf S. Engelschall" Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 16:28:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] A few train of thoughts about the build procedure mess --- STATUS | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/STATUS b/STATUS index b48b860048..2c86d54dd1 100644 --- a/STATUS +++ b/STATUS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ OpenSSL STATUS Last modified at - ______________ $Date: 1999/01/01 15:58:14 $ + ______________ $Date: 1999/01/02 16:28:51 $ DEVELOPMENT STATE @@ -19,19 +19,33 @@ OPEN ISSUES - o The apps/ dir should be cleaned up. - Ralf proposes the following cleanup: - 1. We rename the ssleay program to openssl. - => This way it's consistent with out project and - with the already started openssl(1) manpage, etc. - 2. We no longer create such a lot of links for - "openssl ". Instead we follow the "cvs" interface idea - where all s are called as "cvs ". - => This no longer messes up the install dir with - symlinks and provides a single-one and consistent command line - interface. Additionally we can document it nicely with the single - already started openssl(1) manual page. - Status: Ralf +1 + o The Makefile hierarchy and build mechanism is still not a round thing: + + 1. The config vs. Configure scripts + It's the same nasty situation as for Apache with APACI vs. + src/Configure. It confuses. + Suggestion: Merge Configure and config into a single configure + script with a Autoconf style interface ;-) and remove + Configure and config. Or even let us use GNU Autoconf + itself. Then we can avoid a lot of those platform checks + which are currently in Configure. + + 2. The massive symlinking of Makefile.ssl -> Makefile: + First the `make -f Makefile.ssl links' command is nasty, second the + whole process is slow and third it seems to be done without real + need. And forth, the dependecies are currently missing. And fifth, + it's complicated to always go to the top-level in order to get the + local variables overriden. + Suggestion: Rename Makefile.ssl to Makefile.in, add + dependencies to Makefile.in and change the build process + to _generate_ Makefile out of Makefile.in by + substituting variables like CC, etc. This solves the + above problems. + + 3. The xxx.org -> xxx.h generation: + It's not obvious for which file xxx.org is the source. + Suggestion: Rename xxx.org to xxx.h.in (Autoconf style), this way + one sees that xxx.h.in is the input for xxx.h o The installation under "make install" produces a very installation layout: $prefix/certs and $prefix/private dirs. That's -- 2.34.1