> Because the software has to build on so many platforms, config,
> Configure, do_nasm, do_masm, and so on have to copy files into the
> build directory as appropriate, and modify the makefile as
> appropriate.
No, that's just the way it's done. There is actually no requirement that
a build/port system modify files in-place. Most autoconf uses, for
example, don't. And nothing prevents you from checking in generated
files.
It's just the way openssl works right now.
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