Generate opensslconf.h - openssl 1.0.2 vs openssl 1.1.1g

[Richard Levitte]

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:01:51 +0200,
prudvi raj wrote:
> How do i  generate "opensslconf.h" in openssl 1.1.1g?
> From docs, i assume it is created after we give  "./Configure <options> gcc".
> I observe that "opensslconf.h" is created only on giving "make" after ./Configure... But this
> additionally created .d & .o files in crypto folders.

Yes, generation of most such files have moved to the building phase
rather than the configuration phase, so to say.

The really quick way to get an individual file of this sort is to
simply make it, i.e.:

    make include/openssl/opensslconf.h

> For openssl1.0.2 , the same opensslconf.h is created right after "./Configure" .
> (all .h files in include directory are created after ./Configure, whereas in 1.1.1 .h files appear
> in include directory - without any ./Configure)

Yeah, before 1.1.0, the public header files were spread around in
diverse crypto/ subdirectories, and they got symlinked into
include/openssl, or copied, on platforms that don't support symbolic
links.  We moved them permanently to include/openssl in 1.1.0, which
means the symlinking is no longer needed.

> For context , we are upgrading our project to openssl 1.1.1g from 1.0.2k & i am concerned about
> this .d & .o files, in case i build the whole project - which is including openssl folder.

I don't quite understand why .o files are a concern, they are the
normal object files that are used to build up libraries and
applications, and are produced in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 as well.

Cheers,
Richard

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