> 1)I didn't give any preference to aix-cc; But you've suggested to change it:-)
> I just changed > in config script the default CC=gcc to CC=cc for AIX case only. Is vendor compiler optional on AIX? Because if it is, then you've got to test if cc is actually present. Normally it's done by passing a "tell me what version you are" flag to cc and examining the output. As I can't find such flag in AIX cc manual page so that we probably have to go for '(cc) 2>&1 | grep -iv "command not found" > /dev/null && CC=cc'... > 3)My understanding is that our AIX machine should support 64 bits, > at least static libraries libssl.a & libcrypto.a were built > but aix-shared target failed. So, it there is a correct line > in the Makefile for aix64-cc, I hope it will build shared libraries. > > 4)I have copied my original message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and was assigned a bug number; I don't know if it was necessary. > > Thank you very much for your attention, > Vladimir > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Polyakov via RT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 4:27 PM > To: Shklover, Vladimir > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [openssl.org #463] PATCH > > > Current version, > > openssl-0.9.7, does not support shared libraries on AIX platform. > > To <openssl-dev> mainly. How come did do_aix-shared deserve so special > treatment? I mean SHAREDFLAGS being hardcoded directly in Makefile.org? > Just wondering... > > > I am sending you the changes > > which allow to generate shared libraries for some cc compilers on AIX, namely, >"aix-cc" > > What's the idea behind "aix-cc?" It's a safety net for out-of-date AIX > releases, which noone cared to test for a long time and probably never > will. If you just tested both aix-cc and aix43-cc on the same machine, > then we should refrain from modifying the aix-cc. Alternative is to > rename aix-cc to aix-old-cc and aix43-cc to aix-cc and leave aix-old-cc > alone... > > > and "aix43-cc". > > Could you test following? In a tree with proposed patch applied! Open > Makefile.ssl with text editor, seek to do_aix-shared rule, modify > "SHAREDFLAGS=${SHARED_LDFLAGS} -G -bE:lib$$i.exp -bM:SRE" above the rule > as "SHAREDFLAGS=${SHARED_LDFLAGS} -G -bautoexp -bM:SRE". Finaly 'make > clean' and 'make'. Does it build? I want to see if it's possible to get > rid of that extra step which generates .exp file... > > > These changes are not made for "aix64-cc", > > But do you have acces to an AIX workstation which supports 64-bit ABI? I > mean in case an alternative line is proposed will you be able to test > it? Do you know if AIX cc supports inline assembler? > > A. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
