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authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2021-01-11 08:51:43 +0100
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2021-02-12 15:57:25 +0100
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parentConfigurations/descrip.mms.tmpl: avoid enormous PIPE commands (diff)
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VMS documentation fixes
This mostly clarifies details. Fixes #13789 Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/13835)
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@@ -234,10 +234,7 @@ Use the following command to install OpenSSL.
By default, OpenSSL will be installed to
- SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...]
-
-where 'version' is the OpenSSL version number with underscores instead
-of periods.
+ SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL]
### Windows
@@ -266,6 +263,9 @@ To install OpenSSL to a different location (for example into your home
directory for testing purposes) run `Configure` as shown in the following
examples.
+The options `--prefix` and `--openssldir` are explained in further detail in
+[Directories](#directories) below, and the values used here are mere examples.
+
On Unix:
$ ./Configure --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
Unix: /usr/local
Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
- OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
+ OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL]
Compiler Warnings
-----------------
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ its default):
### OpenVMS
-'arch' is replaced with the architecture name, `Alpha` or `ia64`,
+'arch' is replaced with the architecture name, `ALPHA` or `IA64`,
'sover' is replaced with the shared library version (`0101` for 1.1), and
'pz' is replaced with the pointer size OpenSSL was built with: