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 NOTES FOR THE OPENVMS PLATFORM
 ==============================

 Requirement details
 -------------------

 In addition to the requirements and instructions listed in INSTALL,
 this are required as well:

  * At least ODS-5 disk organization for source and build.
    Installation can be done on any existing disk organization.


 About ANSI C compiler
 ---------------------

 An ANSI C compiled is needed among other things.  This means that VAX C
 is not and will not be supported.

 We have only tested with DEC C (a.k.a HP VMS C / VSI C), compiling with
 a different ANSI C compiler may require some work.


 About MMS and DCL
 -----------------

 MMS has certain limitations when it comes to line length, and DCL has
 certain limitations when it comes to total command length.  We do
 what we can to mitigate, but there is the possibility that it's not
 enough.  Should you run into issues, a very simple solution is to set
 yourself up a few logical names for the directory trees you're going
 to use.


 Checking the distribution
 -------------------------

 There have been reports of places where the distribution didn't quite
 get through, for example if you've copied the tree from a NFS-mounted
 Unix mount point.

 The easiest way to check if everything got through as it should is to
 check for one of the following files:

   [.crypto]opensslconf^.h.in

 The best way to get a correct distribution is to download the gzipped
 tar file from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/, use GZIP -d to uncompress
 it and VMSTAR to unpack the resulting tar file.

 Gzip and VMSTAR are available here:

   http://antinode.info/dec/index.html#Software

 Should you need it, you can find UnZip for VMS here:

   http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html
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	2	NOTES FOR THE OPENVMS PLATFORM
	3	==============================
	4
	5	Requirement details
	6	-------------------
	7
b54e35f6 RL	8	In addition to the requirements and instructions listed in INSTALL,
b54e35f6 RL	9	this are required as well:
2acd8ec7 RL	10
	11	* At least ODS-5 disk organization for source and build.
	12	Installation can be done on any existing disk organization.
	13
	14
	15	About ANSI C compiler
	16	---------------------
	17
	18	An ANSI C compiled is needed among other things. This means that VAX C
	19	is not and will not be supported.
	20
	21	We have only tested with DEC C (a.k.a HP VMS C / VSI C), compiling with
	22	a different ANSI C compiler may require some work.
	23
	24
b54e35f6 RL	25	About MMS and DCL
	26	-----------------
	27
	28	MMS has certain limitations when it comes to line length, and DCL has
	29	certain limitations when it comes to total command length. We do
	30	what we can to mitigate, but there is the possibility that it's not
	31	enough. Should you run into issues, a very simple solution is to set
	32	yourself up a few logical names for the directory trees you're going
	33	to use.
	34
	35
2acd8ec7 RL	36	Checking the distribution
	37	-------------------------
	38
	39	There have been reports of places where the distribution didn't quite
	40	get through, for example if you've copied the tree from a NFS-mounted
	41	Unix mount point.
	42
	43	The easiest way to check if everything got through as it should is to
	44	check for one of the following files:
	45
	46	[.crypto]opensslconf^.h.in
	47
	48	The best way to get a correct distribution is to download the gzipped
	49	tar file from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/, use GZIP -d to uncompress
	50	it and VMSTAR to unpack the resulting tar file.
	51
	52	Gzip and VMSTAR are available here:
	53
	54	http://antinode.info/dec/index.html#Software
	55
	56	Should you need it, you can find UnZip for VMS here:
	57
	58	http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html