Fix comment placement in ecp_nistp256.ci

[thirdparty/openssl.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 1f03f25c13f9558cc62c9a5f572cb74c4a5a450b..328ad2baf480b4747ba66a72a65c66b85ad31b40 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -144,7 +144,10 @@
                    Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
                    specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
                    remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
-                   version 1.1.0 or below.
+                   version 1.1.0 or below. This is a rather specialized option
+                   for developers. If you just intend to remove all deprecated
+                   APIs entirely (up to the current version), it is easier
+                   to add the 'no-deprecated' option instead (see below).
 
   --cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
                    The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your
@@ -348,6 +351,9 @@
                    Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
                    option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
 
+  no-dso
+                   Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
+
   enable-devcryptoeng
                    Build the /dev/crypto engine.  It is automatically selected
                    on BSD implementations, in which case it can be disabled with
@@ -602,10 +608,19 @@
                    Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
                    these flags interact with those variables.
 
-  -xxx, +xxx
+  -xxx, +xxx, /xxx
                    Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
-                   passed through as they are to the compiler as well.  Again,
-                   consult your compiler documentation.
+                   passed through as they are to the compiler as well.
+                   Unix-style options beginning with a '-' or '+' and
+                   Windows-style options beginning with a '/' are recognized.
+                   Again, consult your compiler documentation.
+
+                   If the option contains arguments separated by spaces,
+                   then the URL-style notation %20 can be used for the space
+                   character in order to avoid having to quote the option.
+                   For example, -opt%20arg gets expanded to -opt arg.
+                   In fact, any ASCII character can be encoded as %xx using its
+                   hexadecimal encoding.
 
                    Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
                    these flags interact with those variables.
@@ -1068,7 +1083,7 @@
 
  HASHBANGPERL
                 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
-                #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
+                #! line of perl scripts that will be publicly installed.
                 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
                 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
                 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.