>>>> What platform do you intend to run the executable on? >>>> >>> That would be debian the same system used to do the build. >>> >> >> Ok, then just forget about openvpn-build and do >> >> $ apt-get install build-essential >> $ apt-get build-dep openvpn >> $ git clone https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn.git >> $ cd openvpn >> $ autoreconf -vi >> $ ./configure >> $ make >> $ make install >> > Thanks but I am quite capable of building openvpn .. > > I am trying to determine how to use these files: > openvpn-build/generic/image-native/*.bin.tar.bz2 > or, if indeed, they have any valid use ..
> I am not expecting any "out of scope" help. You have not described what your goal is, so we don't really know what is "out of scope". I'll make a few other guesses based on hints in your emails, and hope they are not out of scope this time. Are you just trying to build OpenVPN on a Debian system, and wish to distribute the executable to other systems that run the exactly same version of the OS on the same architecture? If so, I would just grab the files that "make" generates, put them into a tarball and you're done with it. The only reason I can think of you insist on openvpn-build is that you want to _also_ bundle the dependencies (openssl, lzo) to the other systems. In that case openvpn-build _might_ make sense, but I have no idea how the *.bin.tar.bz2 files would be used. You have to look inside and do some testing to figure it out. However, I would definitely recommend creating Debian packages instead. If sbuild_wrapper is not your thing, you could roll out custom debs with FPM: <https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/wiki> > Any straight answer to my straight question would be appreciated. Naturally. Please explain what your goal is, so that we can help you better. -- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
