> rt> To <openssl-dev> mainly. How come did do_aix-shared deserve so special
> rt> treatment? I mean SHAREDFLAGS being hardcoded directly in Makefile.org?
> rt> Just wondering...
>
> Well, that one is an experiment.
Then why AIX specific flags like -bnogc, -bE:lib$$i.exp, -bM:SRE?
> rt> > and "aix43-cc".
> rt>
> rt> Could you test following? In a tree with proposed patch applied! Open
> rt> Makefile.ssl with text editor, seek to do_aix-shared rule, modify
> rt> "SHAREDFLAGS=${SHARED_LDFLAGS} -G -bE:lib$$i.exp -bM:SRE" above the rule
> rt> as "SHAREDFLAGS=${SHARED_LDFLAGS} -G -bautoexp -bM:SRE". Finaly 'make
> rt> clean' and 'make'. Does it build? I want to see if it's possible to get
> rt> rid of that extra step which generates .exp file...
>
> -bautoexp? How long has that thing existed?
Manual says since 4.2. aix43-cc implies 4.3, doesn't it?
> And we can't get rid of
> it for the sake of older AIX that don't have autoexp...
But shared build is not defined for elder AIX and what are the odd that
it will ever be? A.
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