On Mon, Dec 03, 2007, Andy Polyakov wrote:

>> I just opened the README.FIPS myself, and was looking at the Windows
>> build process  and came across this:
>> "With this version the use of MinGW is unnecessary and the normal VC++
>> build procedure can be followed *except* the GNU linker "ld.exe"
>> (for example from MinGW) must be accessible somewhere on the PATH."
>> Does that mean there is no support for Windows x64 (amd64, 64bit)
>> since there is no 64bit GNU ld.exe available from MinGW?
>
> No, it does not mean this. Wording is admittedly misleading, so misleading 
> that one can as well say that Windows procedures are effectively missing 
> from README.FIPS. But keep in mind that README.FIPS has no official weight, 
> upcoming User Manual will. The latter shall cover proper procedures, but if 
> you want to perform preliminary tests today, see ms/do_fips.bat. A.
>

Yes README.FIPS is out of date and should've been updated.

The build process as Andy says is now to just do:

ms\do_fips

The use of GNU ld.exe is not required for the 1.2 module.

Steve.
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