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diff --git a/PC/VC6/readme.txt b/PC/VC6/readme.txt index 79262ab..cfa549f 100644 --- a/PC/VC6/readme.txt +++ b/PC/VC6/readme.txt @@ -199,10 +199,12 @@ _ssl http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ as this is used by the OpenSSL build process. Complain to them <wink>. - The MSVC project simply invokes PC/VC6/build_ssl.py to perform + The MSVC project simply invokes PCBuild/build_ssl.py to perform the build. This Python script locates and builds your OpenSSL installation, then invokes a simple makefile to build the final .pyd. + Win9x users: see "Win9x note" below. + build_ssl.py attempts to catch the most common errors (such as not being able to find OpenSSL sources, or not being able to find a Perl that works with OpenSSL) and give a reasonable error message. @@ -214,6 +216,30 @@ _ssl build_ssl.py/MSVC isn't clever enough to clean OpenSSL - you must do this by hand. + Win9x note: If, near the start of the build process, you see + something like + + C:\Code\openssl-0.9.6g>set OPTS=no-asm + Out of environment space + + then you're in trouble, and will probably also see these errors near + the end of the process: + + NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make + 'crypto\md5\asm\m5_win32.asm' + Stop. + NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make + 'C:\Code\openssl-0.9.6g/out32/libeay32.lib' + Stop. + + You need more environment space. Win9x only has room for 256 bytes + by default, and especially after installing ActivePerl (which fiddles + the PATH envar), you're likely to run out. KB Q230205 + + http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q230205 + + explains how to edit CONFIG.SYS to cure this. + YOUR OWN EXTENSION DLLs ----------------------- |