Re: [PATCH] openssl-0.9.6a: better support for Tru64 UNIX

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

From: Tim Mooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

mooney> [note: this patch has been Cc:'ed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  The patch itself
mooney> makes no changes or additions to any cryptographic routines.  It changes
mooney> only the software build process for OpenSSL 0.9.6a, available from
mooney> 
mooney>         http://www.openssl.org
mooney> ]

[ note: no patch was present... ]

Your comments look good.  However:

mooney> 5) I've noted (but have not fixed) a problem with the shared
mooney> library targets, if one is building with rsaref.  As a side
mooney> note, the docs (esp INSTALL) should say *why* someone would
mooney> choose to do so, or why not.  Is it generally a win to build
mooney> with RSADSI's RSA reference library, or not?  A bit more
mooney> verbiage on the advantages or disadvantages of this option
mooney> might be helpful for the newcomer to openssl.

The only thing to say, really, is "forget rsaref...  completely".
RSAref has not been generally available for quite a while (except
from a number of "rebel" sites :-)), and is reputed to be slow as
a dog (or slower).  After all, it is a *reference* implementation,
and they are very seldom optimized in any way.

mooney> Since all code on the alpha/Tru64 is position independent code
mooney> (PIC), I'm not sure why the `-no_archive' is even being
mooney> specified.  Why not let the compiler choose whatever libraries
mooney> are available?

Perhaps because the exact effects of -no_archive were ill undertood?

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