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authorChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2013-06-14 13:40:28 (GMT)
committerChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2013-06-14 13:40:28 (GMT)
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Issue #15172: Document NASM 2.10+ as requirement for building OpenSSL 1.0.1 on Windows
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You can (theoretically) use any version of OpenSSL you like - the
build process will automatically select the latest version.
- You must install the NASM assembler from
+ You must install the NASM assembler 2.10 or newer from
http://nasm.sf.net
- for x86 builds. Put nasmw.exe anywhere in your PATH.
+ for x86 builds. Put nasmw.exe anywhere in your PATH. More recent
+ versions of OpenSSL may need a later version of NASM. If OpenSSL's self
+ tests don't pass, you should first try to update NASM and do a full
+ rebuild of OpenSSL.
Note: recent releases of nasm only have nasm.exe. Just rename it to
nasmw.exe.