diff -r 2d7679d6a290 -r de7f90723dab securityanddataprivacytools/securitytools/openssllib/readme.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/securityanddataprivacytools/securitytools/openssllib/readme.txt Mon Apr 19 11:11:16 2010 +0530 @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Two version of openssl libraries : + +1) Windows(VC++) + + Linking : Statically linked library + Extension : .lib + +2) Windows(MinGW) + + Linking : Statically linked library + Extension : .a + +How to build openssl library for MinGW ? + +1)Download the source code for openssl 9.7b version from http://www.openssl.org/ openssl-0.9.7b.tar.gz (currently we support 9.7b) + +2) untar it using tar -zxvf openssl-0.9.7b.tar.gz + +3) release version : + run ms/mingw32.bat in cygwin : It will generate libcrypto.a in /out directory, which is a static version (Release) of openssl. + +4) debug version : + + a) replace line " perl util/mk1mf.pl gaswin Mingw32 >ms/mingw32a.mak " with "perl util/mk1mf.pl gaswin debug Mingw32 >ms/mingw32a.mak" + b) run ms/mingw32.bat in cygwin : it will generate libcrypto.a in /out.dbg directory which is a static version (Debug) of openssl.