"Leland V. Lammert" wrote:
> At 02:08 PM 1/6/00 , you wrote:
> >- You must unpack the tar file (which is like a zip file) using
> >something like PkZip or WinZip (or tar -xvf <filename> in Cygwin bash).
> I would assume that if someone download a tar file, .. they would have downloaded,
>perhaps, a UNIX file?? In any case, a tarball is typically source code, .. which is a
>REAL pain to compile on Win32.
OpenSSL builds from source on NT (I have done it) - as far as I remember
I used a tar file (I don't think there is a separate source distribution
for NT).
> A far better approach would be to acquire one of the pre-build binaries.
I didn't know these existed until your last post and I agree they are
more useful, especially for new users (I wasn't trying to say otherwise,
just making clear that the tar file does work too).
OTOH, the source is invaluable if you are trying to do anything even
slightly non-trivial and I, personally, would be wary of using security
critical code I didn't have the source for. But neither can I claim I
have read all the source and checked there is no security hole....
Andrew
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