Building 1.1.1a on Windows - how to "make update"?

[Richard Levitte]

The diverse things that 'make update' generates is supposed to be the
same across platforms, so the intention is that they get generated on
one platform (Linux / Unix) and that these changes get distributed to
all others.

Cheers,
Richard

On Fri, 24 May 2019 14:38:14 +0200,
Lynch, Andrew wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have been working with OpenSSL 1.1.1a on Linux.  We have a number of patches that are applied, including a specific version of cmpossl.  To ensure that all new error codes, objects etc. are available I run "make update" after config.  I.e. the build process is
> 
> Unpack original distribution openssl-1.1.1a.tar.gz
> Apply list of patches
> ./config
> make update && make && make test
> 
> Some colleagues have asked me for a Windows executable, so I have now installed ActivePerl 5.26.3 and Visual Studio 2019 on my Windows 7 desktop.
> 
> The unmodified openssl-1.1.1a builds and runs just fine using Configure VC-WIN64A-masm.  But with our patches applied the build fails once it gets to crypto/cmp because the include files cmperr.h and crmferr.h do not exist.  On Linux these are created by make update.  The Windows Makefile does not have a target "update" (or "errors" for that matter).
> 
> So what is the equivalent of make update or make errors on Windows?
> 
> I am wondering if I can simply copy the updated files from Linux (new _err.h, modified obj_dat.h and probably a few more) but I would prefer an official way to (re)generate them on Windows.
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew.
> 
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