From 3405de03a638b1a5b414c78a10d027717968bbfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hirokazu Yamamoto Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:47:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention NASM which is needed to build openssl-1.0.0a original source. (PC/VC6/readme.txt) --- PC/VC6/readme.txt | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/PC/VC6/readme.txt b/PC/VC6/readme.txt index 12b48dd68ce..4e8d237b7a2 100644 --- a/PC/VC6/readme.txt +++ b/PC/VC6/readme.txt @@ -158,9 +158,17 @@ _ssl You can (theoretically) use any version of OpenSSL you like - the build process will automatically select the latest version. - You must also install ActivePerl from + You can install the NASM assembler from + http://www.nasm.us/ + for x86 builds. Put nasmw.exe anywhere in your PATH. + Note: recent releases of nasm only have nasm.exe. Just rename it to + nasmw.exe. + + You can also install ActivePerl from http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/ - as this is used by the OpenSSL build process. Complain to them . + if you like to use the official sources instead of the files from + python's subversion repository. The svn version contains pre-build + makefiles and assembly files. The MSVC project simply invokes PC/VC6/build_ssl.py to perform the build. This Python script locates and builds your OpenSSL