From: Richard Levitte Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:53:55 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Better clarification on perl X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_6d-beta1~87 X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0242564c17fdf789df709d74159db47d252a4170;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git Better clarification on perl --- diff --git a/INSTALL.W32 b/INSTALL.W32 index fde139bf9e..c01ef579bd 100644 --- a/INSTALL.W32 +++ b/INSTALL.W32 @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ INSTALLATION ON THE WIN32 PLATFORM ---------------------------------- - Heres a few comments about building OpenSSL in Windows environments. Most of - this is tested on Win32 but it may also work in Win 3.1 with some + Heres a few comments about building OpenSSL in Windows environments. Most + of this is tested on Win32 but it may also work in Win 3.1 with some modification. - You need Perl for Win32 -- either ActiveState Perl, available from - http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl, or the perl that comes with - Cygwin. Version 5.6.1-2 of the latter has been reported to work, - although earlier versions might cause `./Configure' to fail. + You need Perl for Win32. Unless you will build on CygWin32, you will need + ActiveState Perl, available from http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl. + For CygWin32 users, there's more info in the CygWin32 section. and one of the following C compilers: @@ -153,7 +152,9 @@ * Install CygWin32 (see http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin) - * Install Perl and ensure it is in the path + * Install Perl and ensure it is in the path (recent Cygwin perl + (version 5.6.1-2 of the latter has been reported to work) or + ActivePerl) * Run the CygWin bash shell @@ -187,8 +188,9 @@ Installation ------------ - There's currently no real installation procedure for Win32. There are, - however, some suggestions: + If you used the CygWin procedure above, you have already installed and + can skip this section. For all other procedures, there's currently no real + installation procedure for Win32. There are, however, some suggestions: - do nothing. The include files are found in the inc32/ subdirectory, all binaries are found in out32dll/ or out32/ depending if you built