[[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Fri Nov 1 16:57:20 2002]:
> Notes on documentation files:
>
> - The FAQ ("Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail on
> Win32 with VC++?")refers to using VCVARS32.BAT. That
> is the correct name for VC++6. For VS.NET (think of it
> as 'VC++7'), the name is VSVARS32.BAT instead.
>
> - Install.w32 refers to MASM and how it was included
> in old versions of MSVC. It should be remarked that
> the latest version of MSVC (VS.NET), includes MASM
> again.
Fixed, will appear in 0.9.7a and on.
> Errors during build (based on snapshot dated
> 20021031).
>
> - a bunch of signed/unsigned mismatches. The code
> compiles after adding some (int) casts. I have no clue
> whether those are valid though. The affected lines
> are:
>
> "warning C4018: '<=' : signed/unsigned mismatch" in:
> crypto\ec\ec2_smpl.c lines 173 174 198 203
> crypto\bn\bn_gf2m.c lines 877 897
>
> "warning C4018: '<' : signed/unsigned mismatch"
> crypto\ec\ec2_mult.c line 349
To be fixed...
> - There is something wrong with the macros that
> disable hardware support. Some parts of the build
> procedure think it is not necessary to build the
> hardware support engines, other parts still want to
> use them. During the first link trial, I got a bunch
> of 'unresolved external symbol' messages for these
> exported functions:
>
> ENGINE_load_4758cca
> ENGINE_load_aep
> ENGINE_load_atalla
> ENGINE_load_chil
> ENGINE_load_cswift
> ENGINE_load_nuron
> ENGINE_load_sureware
> ENGINE_load_ubsec
>
> Manually editing LIBEAY32.def to exclude those
> exports fixes this, but I guess the scripts that
> generate it should be adapted.
To be fixed...
> - By the way, I also got the following message:
> ms/LIBEAY32.def(7) : warning LNK4017: DESCRIPTION
> statement not supported for the target platform;
> ignored
>
> IIRC the 'DESCRIPTION' line in a .def file is a
> remainder of the 16 bit era. It should not be there in
> the 32 bit .def files.
To be fixed...
> - During the next link run 'unresolved external
> symbol' messages related to the previous ones show up.
> This time not from the exports (.def), but all of them
> from 'eng_all.obj'. The missing symbols are exactly
> the same as above.
To be fixed...
> Adding adding '-DOPENSSL_NO_HW' to CFLAG in the
> makefile and recompiling fixes this, but once again, I
> guess the scripts should be updated. (no change in
> eng_all.c is needed).
Fixed, I'll commit them in a moment. However, that will not fix all the problems.
> After these changes, the libraries compile.
>
> During compilation of the apps the following error
> shows up:
>
> apps\ca.c(97) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open
> include file: 'sys/file.h': No such file or directory
>
> A snapshot I used last week (20021022) did not have
> this error.
OK, then I won't bother looking at it...
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Richard Levitte
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