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@@ -201,33 +201,33 @@ Win32
Microsoft command line style
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+
Please read the OpenSSL documentation on how to compile and install
- the OpenSSL library. This generates the libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll
- files in the out32dll subdirectory in the OpenSSL home directory. If
- you compiled OpenSSL static libraries (libeay32.lib, ssleay32.lib,
- RSAglue.lib) they are created in the out32 subdirectory.
+ the OpenSSL libraries. The build process of OpenSSL generates the
+ libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll files in the out32dll subdirectory in
+ the OpenSSL home directory. OpenSSL static libraries (libeay32.lib,
+ ssleay32.lib, RSAglue.lib) are created in the out32 subdirectory.
- Run the 'vcvars32.bat' file to get the proper environment variables
- set. The vcvars32.bat file is part of the Microsoft development
- environment and you may find it in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
- Studio\vc98\bin' if you installed Visual C/C++ 6 in the default
- directory.
+ Run the 'vcvars32.bat' file to get a proper environment. The
+ vcvars32.bat file is part of the Microsoft development environment and
+ you may find it in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\vc98\bin'
+ provided that you installed Visual C/C++ 6 in the default directory.
Before running nmake define the OPENSSL_PATH environment variable with
the root/base directory of OpenSSL, for example:
set OPENSSL_PATH=c:\openssl-0.9.6b
- Then run 'nmake vc-ssl' or 'nmake vc-ssl-dll' in the curl's root
+ Then run 'nmake vc-ssl' or 'nmake vc-ssl-dll' in curl's root
directory. 'nmake vc-ssl' will create a libcurl static and dynamic
libraries in the lib subdirectory, as well as a statically linked
- version of curl.exe in the scr subdirectory. This statically linked
+ version of curl.exe in the src subdirectory. This statically linked
version is a standalone executable not requiring any DLL at
- runtime. This making method requires that you have build the static
- libraries of OpenSSL available in OpenSSL's out32 subdirectory.
+ runtime. This make method requires that you have the static OpenSSL
+ libraries available in OpenSSL's out32 subdirectory.
'nmake vc-ssl-dll' creates the libcurl dynamic library and
links curl.exe against libcurl and OpenSSL dynamically.
- This executables requires libcurl.dll and the OpenSSL DLLs
+ This executable requires libcurl.dll and the OpenSSL DLLs
at runtime.
Microsoft / Borland style