OpenSSL Project writes:
> OPEN ISSUES
>
> o The Makefile hierarchy and build mechanism is still not a round thing:
>
> 1. The config vs. Configure scripts
> It's the same nasty situation as for Apache with APACI vs.
> src/Configure. It confuses.
> Suggestion: Merge Configure and config into a single configure
> script with a Autoconf style interface ;-) and remove
> Configure and config. Or even let us use GNU Autoconf
> itself. Then we can avoid a lot of those platform checks
> which are currently in Configure.
>
> o Support for Shared Libraries has to be added at least
> for the major Unix platforms. The details we can rip from the stuff
> Ralf has done for the Apache src/Configure script. Ben wants the
> solution to be really simple.
>
> Status: Ralf will look how we can easily incorporate the
> compiler PIC and linker DSO flags from Apache
> into the OpenSSL Configure script.
I'd just like to put in a vote for GNU autoconf. In fact, automake
and libtool are also very useful, especially due to OpenSSL's
mutli-platform aspect, and the desire to do shared libraries..
Kaffe is a good example of doing this.
-Archie
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