[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3772] Bug: Only ActivePerl could be used to build on Windows

[Jeremy Farrell]

For what it's worth: I've been building OpenSSL releases on Windows for 
many years without problems, and I've only ever used Strawberry Perl. I 
don't think the problem applies to official release tarballs.

On 30/03/2015 08:51, esadovoi at eniks.com via RT wrote:
> It is well known issue with build on Windows: It requires ActivePerl to
> correctly create configuration.
> Every other Perl implementation fails to execute correctly. The reason it
> fails outlined in this report: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/174
> Although it is stated that only cloned code exhibits this behavior I believe
> it also happens when Git or Strawberry Perl is being used for build of
> official releases.
>
> As suggested in the comments adding $/= "\r\n"; line to Perl script fixes this
> issue for every other Perl implementation.
> I've successfully built openssl with Perl distributed with Git as well as
> Strawberry Perl.

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J. J. Farrell
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