I built openssl 0.9.6b (it passed its tests) using the Perl that comes with Cygwin, as opposed to Active State Perl, which your documentation recommends. I was using Perl version 5.6.1-2. I *think* that, with the previous version (5.6.1-1) of Perl, `./Configure no-threads CygWin32' failed, although the details escape me, alas. So: you might want to apply this patch: cd d:/cygwin/usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.6b/ /cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin/diff -wu "d:/cygwin/usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.6b/INSTALL.W32~" "d:/cygwin/usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.6b/INSTALL.W32" --- d:/cygwin/usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.6b/INSTALL.W32~ Fri Sep 22 19:06:08 2000 +++ d:/cygwin/usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.6b/INSTALL.W32 Fri Aug 31 16:12:22 2001 @@ -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++ Diff finished at Fri Aug 31 16:12:23 ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
