[openssl-commits] [openssl] master update

Richard Levitte levitte at openssl.org
Mon May 23 21:02:29 UTC 2016


The branch master has been updated
       via  1c7bfec5982210b2666a91771777c56338cf4d8d (commit)
      from  7285ac09563d19842fb2bce1a818598ebb278be4 (commit)


- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit 1c7bfec5982210b2666a91771777c56338cf4d8d
Author: Richard Levitte <levitte at openssl.org>
Date:   Mon May 23 22:24:13 2016 +0200

    Windows notes: add a few lines on gaining admin privs for installing
    
    Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz at openssl.org>

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Summary of changes:
 NOTES.WIN | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NOTES.WIN b/NOTES.WIN
index a2e9120..b3d1967 100644
--- a/NOTES.WIN
+++ b/NOTES.WIN
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
      PREFIX:      %ProgramFiles%\OpenSSL
      OPENSSLDIR:  %CommonProgramFiles%\SSL
 
+ ALSO NOTE that those directories are usually write protected, even if
+ your account is in the Administrators group.  To work around that,
+ start the command prompt by right-clicking on it and choosing "Run as
+ Administrator" before running 'nmake install'.  The other solution
+ is, of course, to choose a different set of directories by using
+ --prefix and --openssldir when configuring.
 
  GNU C (Cygwin)
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