Re: OpenSSL 0.9.6 and shared libraries

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

From: Albert Chin-A-Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

china> I'm building OpenSSL 0.9.6 with shared libraries for Solaris, HP-UX,
china> IRIX, and Digital UNIX. HP-UX and IRIX are not currently supported so
china> we'll be adding support. A few questions though:
china>   1. Any reason libtool was not chosen?

All developers that have voiced any opinion are of the opinion that
it's a pain in the butt to use...

china>   2. Looking at ./Configure, it's impossible to build shared
china>      libraries on systems whose C compiler doesn't have a separate
china>      flag for generating PIC code. I'm speaking of the following
china>      snippet in ./Configure:
[...]
china>  if ($shared_cflag ne "")
[...]
china>      On IRIX and Digital UNIX, the vendor C compilers do not
china>      need a flag to generate PIC code. I think it would be
china>      better if the first if was:
china>  if ($shared_target ne "")

I've done that change and many others.  Hopefully, the shared library
build will be a little more flexible and much less clumsy.

china>   3. The following code from Makefile.org does not work correctly to
china>      install a shared library (tested under Solaris 8):
china>  install: all install_docs

I've fixed that as part of the changes I've made around shared library
build support...

To be commited soon.

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