Richard Levitte via RT wrote:
> Hey Andrew,
> 
> Actually, OpenSSL hasn't really been possible to build in 
> non-monolith mode, as far as I know.  Honestly, I don't think
> we should go the non-monolith path eaither, if you consider commands 
> like "passwd"...
> 
> If you tell me why you want to go non-monolith, I might change my 
> mind.  No promises, though...



Hey Richard -

Long time no talk,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - on vacation.

My concern, I guess, is not necessarily to be able to build standalone 
executables from the default config-->Makefile, but to be able to target
individual executables in apps if necessary - usually ca and req, and 
also leverage the apps.c/.h functionality for new or custom executables. 
  I guess architecturally, wouldn't it be better to keep functionality
shared between different portions of the openssl commands separate from
the individual application files.  As opposed to do_subject(..), for
example, residing in ca.c and being used additionally in req.c,
shouldn't it be located within apps.c, where the rest of the utility and
shared functions are kept?

Its really no big deal for me  - as I only have one instance of
"nonmonolith" functionality that I have keep my eye on for one of our
customers.

I only discover all the nonmonolithic idiosyncracies when I get to 
putting the Developer Studio workspaces together, where I have segmented 
out all the individual executables to go along with openssl.exe, where I 
am relying upon the lack of the "MONOLITH" flag

Regards,
Andrew
(Hope its cooler there in Sweden, than it is here in the states :-)




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