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| author | Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> | 2016-02-27 17:14:44 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> | 2016-03-02 19:15:42 +0100 |
| commit | 2ad9ef06a6aadeeb78a05ce18ace0ea5f300401b (patch) | |
| tree | 79536b50d4f5fee7ef3f6c16ccc45325a34b503b /Configurations/README | |
| parent | Don't copy from %target to %config so much, see %config as a complement (diff) | |
| download | openssl-2ad9ef06a6aadeeb78a05ce18ace0ea5f300401b.tar.xz openssl-2ad9ef06a6aadeeb78a05ce18ace0ea5f300401b.zip | |
Document the changes in config settings
Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Configurations/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | Configurations/README | 37 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Configurations/README b/Configurations/README index 1885157123..afc60049d1 100644 --- a/Configurations/README +++ b/Configurations/README @@ -28,30 +28,6 @@ In each table entry, the following keys are significant: given here, they MUST be as an array of the string such as "MACRO=value", or just "MACRO" for definitions without value. - debug_cflags => Extra compilation flags used when making a - debug build (when Configure receives the - --debug option). Typically something like - "-g -O0". - debug_defines => Similarly to `debug_cflags', this gets - combined with `defines' during a debug - build. The value here MUST also be an - array of the same form as for `defines'. - release_cflags => Extra compilation flags used when making a - release build (when Configure receives the - --release option, or doesn't receive the - --debug option). Typically something like - "-O" or "-O3". - release_defines => Similarly to `release_cflags', this gets - combined with `defines' during a release - build. The value here MUST also be an - array of the same form as for `defines'. - thread_cflags => Extra compilation flags used when - compiling with threading enabled. - Explained further below. [2] - thread_defines => Similarly to `thread_cflags', this gets - combined with `defines' when threading is - enabled. The value here MUST also be an - array of the same form as for `defines'. shared_cflag => Extra compilation flags used when compiling for shared libraries, typically something like "-fPIC". @@ -70,9 +46,6 @@ In each table entry, the following keys are significant: ex_libs => Extra libraries that are needed when linking. - debug_lflags => Like debug_cflags, but used when linking. - release_lflags => Like release_cflags, but used when linking. - ar => The library archive command, the default is "ar". (NOTE: this is here for future use, it's @@ -97,6 +70,14 @@ In each table entry, the following keys are significant: this is here for future use, it's not implemented yet) + thread_scheme => The type of threads is used on the + configured platform. Currently known + values are "(unknown)", "pthreads", + "uithreads" (a.k.a solaris threads) and + "winthreads". Except for "(unknown)", the + actual value is currently ignored but may + be used in the future. See further notes + below [2]. dso_scheme => The type of dynamic shared objects to build for. This mostly comes into play with engines, but can be used for other purposes @@ -265,7 +246,7 @@ In each table entry, the following keys are significant: } [2] OpenSSL is built with threading capabilities unless the user - specifies 'no-threads'. The value of the key 'thread_cflags' may + specifies 'no-threads'. The value of the key 'thread_scheme' may be "(unknown)", in which case the user MUST give some compilation flags to Configure. |