386 Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is
more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note: Use
compiler flags for any other CPU specific configuration,
- e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on a 64 bit system.
+ e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on an x64 system.
no-sse2 Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extention is
detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
compile programs with libcrypto or libssl.
lib Contains the OpenSSL library files themselves.
+ Use "make install_sw" to install the software without documentation,
+ and "install_docs_html" to install HTML renditions of the manual
+ pages.
+
Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
it can easily be packaged, can use
Note on shared libraries
------------------------
- Shared library is currently an experimental feature. The only reason to
- have them would be to conserve memory on systems where several program
- are using OpenSSL. Binary backward compatibility can't be guaranteed
- before OpenSSL version 1.0.
+ Shared libraries have certain caveats. Binary backward compatibility
+ can't be guaranteed before OpenSSL version 1.0. The only reason to
+ use them would be to conserve memory on systems where several programs
+ are using OpenSSL.
For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to
build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems,