From d3f56a69fbec26a0125725fa33478977867b671c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Polyakov Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:08:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] It probably belongs in PROBLEMS, but it's more likely to be a FAQ. --- FAQ | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index f4af810fa4..ac4c5495e2 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ OpenSSL - Frequently Asked Questions * Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail on MacOS X? * Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail on MacOS X? * Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail in BN_sqr test [on a 64-bit platform]? +* Why does OpenBSD-i386 build fail on des-586.s with "Unimplemented + segment type"? [PROG] Questions about programming with OpenSSL @@ -567,7 +569,20 @@ suggested by ./config script), then the platform is unsupported. There might or might not be a workaround. Most notably on SPARC64 platforms with GNU C compiler you should be able to produce a working build by running './config -m32'. I understand that -m32 might not be what you want/need, -but the build should be operational. +but the build should be operational. For further details turn to +. + +* Why does OpenBSD-i386 build fail on des-586.s with "Unimplemented + segment type"? + +As of 0.9.7 assembler routines were overhauled for position independency +of the machine code, which is essential for shared library support. Now +for some reason OpenBSD is equipped with out-of-date GNU assembler which +finds the new code offending. To work the problem around configure with +no-asm (and sacrifice a great deal of performance) or upgrade /usr/bin/as. +For your convenience a pre-compiled replacement binary is provided as +http://www.openssl.org/~appro/i386-openbsd3-as, which is compiled from +binutils-2.8 released in 1997. [PROG] ========================================================================