Hi Jay, > I'm trying to build openvpn on windows with mingw but having trouble. > I tried building both openvpn 2.1.4 and 2.2.2 from source without > changing configuration, just executing domake-win and it builds the > exe perfectly. But when i change configurations in makeopenvpn file i > cause me the error. > > I use the following configuration to guild without crypto and ssl. just lzo. > > --enable-strict \ > --prefix=$H/windest \ > MAN2HTML=true \ > --disable-crypto \ > --disable-ssl \ > --enable-password-save \ > --with-lzo-headers=$H/$LZO_DIR/include \ > --with-lzo-lib=$H/$LZO_DIR \ > > --with-pkcs11-helper-headers=$H/$PKCS11_HELPER_DIR/usr/local/include \ > --with-pkcs11-helper-lib=$H/$PKCS11_HELPER_DIR/usr/local/lib > > but it produce the following error both 2.1.4 and 2.2.2. Trust me, trying to build 2.1.4 for Windows is (as Gert said) a way to insanity. If you really have to use a s.c. "stable" version of OpenVPN, I suggest 2.2.2 which at least has a more or less complete Python-based buildsystem which is documented here:
<https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/BuildingOnWindows> However, I'd recommend taking the just released openvpn-2.3-alpha3 and using the new "openvpn-build" buildsystem to build it: <https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-build> <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/BuildingUsingGenericBuildsystem> If you want to try building on a Windows using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or later, "openvpn-build" has a separate "msvc" buildsystem for that purpose. The "generic" buildsystem, which is a cross-compile buildsystem for *NIX environments, is more well tested, and works very nicely. Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit is a good build platform, provided you install backported mingw-w64 packages: <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/InstallingMingwW64> Hope this helps, -- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock
