Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
>
> I'm wondering... Currently, we run ranlib on libcrypto.a from each
> Makefile.ssl through the crypto/ directory tree. And then again when
> installing it. Is that really necessary? On most system I'm
> compiling on, ranlib on libcrypto.a takes a noticeable amount of time,
> and as far as I understand, quite needlessly so. Not doing ranlib
> except when installing or possibly creating shared libraries doesn't
> feel much like a loss. The openssl program will not get larger, or
> will it?
>
> So, is there a real reason we ranlib all over the place? If not, does
> anyone mind if I remove all those and just leave it for the
> installation part?
Lots of stuff internal to OpenSSL builds with the uninstalled version.
Which is why moving where it does ranlib is nottrivial. I guess all the
things that link with it must happen at the end, though, so putting it a
bit earlier than install (like before apps/openssl and test are built)
might work.
Cheers,
Ben.
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