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Update the information on Cygwin.

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Richard Levitte 2002-06-27 16:29:46 +00:00
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GNU C (Cygwin) GNU C (Cygwin)
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Cygwin provides a bash shell and GNU tools environment running on Cygwin provides a bash shell and GNU tools environment running
NT 4.0, Windows 9x and Windows 2000. Consequently, a make of OpenSSL on NT 4.0, Windows 9x, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
with Cygwin is closer to a GNU bash environment such as Linux rather Consequently, a make of OpenSSL with Cygwin is closer to a GNU
than other W32 makes that are based on a single makefile approach. bash environment such as Linux than to other W32 makes which are
Cygwin implements Posix/Unix calls through cygwin1.dll, and is based on a single makefile approach. Cygwin implements Posix/Unix
contrasted to Mingw32 which links dynamically to msvcrt.dll or calls through cygwin1.dll, and is contrasted to Mingw32 which links
crtdll.dll. dynamically to msvcrt.dll or crtdll.dll.
To build OpenSSL using Cygwin: To build OpenSSL using Cygwin:
* Install Cygwin (see http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin) * Install Cygwin (see http://cygwin.com/)
* Install Perl and ensure it is in the path (recent Cygwin perl * 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 (version 5.6.1-2 of the latter has been reported to work) or
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stripping of carriage returns. To avoid this ensure that a binary stripping of carriage returns. To avoid this ensure that a binary
mount is used, e.g. mount -b c:\somewhere /home. mount is used, e.g. mount -b c:\somewhere /home.
As of version 1.1.1 Cygwin is relatively unstable in its handling "bc" is not provided in older Cygwin distribution. This causes a
of cr/lf issues. These make procedures succeeded with versions 1.1 and
the snapshot 20000524 (Slow!).
"bc" is not provided in the Cygwin distribution. This causes a
non-fatal error in "make test" but is otherwise harmless. If non-fatal error in "make test" but is otherwise harmless. If
desired, GNU bc can be built with Cygwin without change. desired and needed, GNU bc can be built with Cygwin without change.
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