From c81549f476af48143aee24964ec07b849af109f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Heimes Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:40:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #15172: Document NASM 2.10+ as requirement for building OpenSSL 1.0.1 on Windows --- Misc/NEWS | 5 +++++ PCbuild/readme.txt | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index f3f2a1e9f4..372b3fe95b 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ Tools/Demos - Issue #15239: Make mkstringprep.py work again on Python 3. +Build +----- + +- Issue #15172: Document NASM 2.10+ as requirement for building OpenSSL 1.0.1 + on Windows. What's New in Python 3.3.2? =========================== diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index 2efe249465..89fca3e2cf 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -152,9 +152,12 @@ _ssl You can (theoretically) use any version of OpenSSL you like - the build process will automatically select the latest version. - You must install the NASM assembler from + You must install the NASM assembler 2.10 or newer from http://nasm.sf.net - for x86 builds. Put nasmw.exe anywhere in your PATH. + for x86 builds. Put nasmw.exe anywhere in your PATH. More recent + versions of OpenSSL may need a later version of NASM. If OpenSSL's self + tests don't pass, you should first try to update NASM and do a full + rebuild of OpenSSL. Note: recent releases of nasm only have nasm.exe. Just rename it to nasmw.exe. -- 2.40.0