[openssl-users] 'makedepend' in openssl builds: clarify need and correct usage

PGNet Dev pgnet.dev at gmail.com
Mon Mar 14 15:26:17 UTC 2016


On 03/14/2016 08:24 AM, lists wrote:
> Did you mean "./config ..."?

yep.

>> Must use it,
>>
>>     (1) https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Compilation_and_Installation
>>         Dependencies
>>
>>         If you are prompted to run make depend, then you must do so.

Which I currently attempt to do, but get the reported errors about not 
finding the stddef.h include etc.

> I cannot see exactly what is that you find confusing.

That the wiki says you don't need to,

"Compilation

  After configuring the library, you should run make. If prompted, 
there's usually no need to make depend since you are building from a 
clean download."
 
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



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