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1 VMS Installation instructions
2 written by Richard Levitte
3 <richard@levitte.org>
4
5
6Intro:
7======
8
9This file is divided in the following parts:
10
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2e98ec56 14 Logical names - Mandatory reading.
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15 Test - Mandatory reading.
16 Installation - Mandatory reading.
17 Backward portability - Read if it's an issue.
18 Possible bugs or quirks - A few warnings on things that
19 may go wrong or may surprise you.
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20 TODO - Things that are to come.
21
22
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23Requirements:
24=============
25
26To build and install OpenSSL, you will need:
27
28 * DEC C or some other ANSI C compiler. VAX C is *not* supported.
29 [Note: OpenSSL has only been tested with DEC C. Compiling with
30 a different ANSI C compiler may require some work]
31
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32Checking the distribution:
33==========================
34
35There have been reports of places where the distribution didn't quite get
3b80e3aa 36through, for example if you've copied the tree from a NFS-mounted Unix
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37mount point.
38
39The easiest way to check if everything got through as it should is to check
3b80e3aa 40for one of the following files:
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41
42 [.CRYPTO]OPENSSLCONF.H_IN
43 [.CRYPTO]OPENSSLCONF_H.IN
44
45They should never exist both at once, but one of them should (preferably
46the first variant). If you can't find any of those two, something went
47wrong.
48
49The best way to get a correct distribution is to download the gzipped tar
50file from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/, use GUNZIP to uncompress it and
51use VMSTAR to unpack the resulting tar file.
52
53GUNZIP is available in many places on the net. One of the distribution
54points is the WKU software archive, ftp://ftp.wku.edu/vms/fileserv/ .
55
56VMSTAR is also available in many places on the net. The recommended place
57to find information about it is http://www.free.lp.se/vmstar/ .
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60Compilation:
61============
62
63I've used the very good command procedures written by Robert Byer
64<byer@mail.all-net.net>, and just slightly modified them, making
65them slightly more general and easier to maintain.
66
67You can actually compile in almost any directory separately. Look
68for a command procedure name xxx-LIB.COM (in the library directories)
69or MAKExxx.COM (in the program directories) and read the comments at
70the top to understand how to use them. However, if you want to
71compile all you can get, the simplest is to use MAKEVMS.COM in the top
3b80e3aa 72directory. The syntax is the following:
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0c81aa29 74 @MAKEVMS <option> <bits> <debug-p> [<compiler>]
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75
76<option> must be one of the following:
77
78 ALL Just build "everything".
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79 CONFIG Just build the "[.CRYPTO]OPENSSLCONF.H" file.
80 BUILDINF Just build the "[.INCLUDE]BUILDINF.H" file.
7d7d2cbc 81 SOFTLINKS Just copies some files, to simulate Unix soft links.
3b80e3aa 82 BUILDALL Same as ALL, except CONFIG, BUILDINF and SOFTLINKS aren't done.
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83 RSAREF Just build the "[.xxx.EXE.RSAREF]LIBRSAGLUE.OLB" library.
84 CRYPTO Just build the "[.xxx.EXE.CRYPTO]LIBCRYPTO.OLB" library.
85 SSL Just build the "[.xxx.EXE.SSL]LIBSSL.OLB" library.
86 SSL_TASK Just build the "[.xxx.EXE.SSL]SSL_TASK.EXE" program.
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87 TEST Just build the "[.xxx.EXE.TEST]" test programs for OpenSSL.
88 APPS Just build the "[.xxx.EXE.APPS]" application programs for OpenSSL.
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0c81aa29 90<bits> must be one of the following:
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92 "" compile using default pointer size
93 32 compile using 32 bit pointer size
94 64 compile using 64 bit pointer size
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95
96<debug-p> must be one of the following:
97
98 DEBUG compile with debugging info (will not optimize)
99 NODEBUG compile without debugging info (will optimize)
100
101<compiler> must be one of the following:
102
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103 DECC For DEC C.
104 GNUC For GNU C.
105
106
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107You will find the crypto library in [.xxx.EXE.CRYPTO] (where xxx is VAX,
108ALPHA or IA64), called SSL_LIBCRYPTO32.OLB or SSL_LIBCRYPTO.OLB depending
109on how it was built. You will find the SSL library in [.xxx.EXE.SSL],
110named SSL_LIBSSL32.OLB or SSL_LIBSSL.OLB, and you will find a bunch of
111useful programs in [.xxx.EXE.APPS]. However, these shouldn't be used
112right off unless it's just to test them. For production use, make sure
113you install first, see Installation below.
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1a8b087a 115Note 1: Some programs in this package require a TCP/IP library.
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117Note 2: if you want to compile the crypto library only, please make sure
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118 you have at least done a @MAKEVMS CONFIG, a @MAKEVMS BUILDINF and
119 a @MAKEVMS SOFTLINKS. A lot of things will break if you don't.
120
121
122Logical names:
123==============
124
125There are a few things that can't currently be given through the command
126line. Instead, logical names are used.
127
128Currently, the logical names supported are:
129
130 OPENSSL_NO_ASM with value YES, the assembler parts of OpenSSL will
131 not be used. Instead, plain C implementations are
132 used. This is good to try if something doesn't work.
133 OPENSSL_NO_'alg' with value YES, the corresponding crypto algorithm
134 will not be implemented. Supported algorithms to
282f92f7 135 do this with are: RSA, DSA, DH, MD2, MD4, MD5, RIPEMD,
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136 SHA, DES, MDC2, CR2, RC4, RC5, IDEA, BF, CAST, HMAC,
137 SSL2. So, for example, having the logical name
138 OPENSSL_NO_RSA with the value YES means that the
139 LIBCRYPTO.OLB library will not contain an RSA
140 implementation.
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143Test:
144=====
145
146Testing is very simple, just do the following:
147
148 @[.TEST]TESTS
149
150If a test fails, try with defining the logical name OPENSSL_NO_ASM (yes,
151it's an ugly hack!) and rebuild. Please send a bug report to
152<openssl-bugs@openssl.org>, including the output of "openssl version -a"
153and of the failed test.
154
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156Installation:
157=============
158
159Installation is easy, just do the following:
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0c81aa29 161 @INSTALL <root> <bits>
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163<root> is the directory in which everything will be installed,
164subdirectories, libraries, header files, programs and startup command
165procedures.
166
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167<bits> works the same way as for MAKEVMS.COM
168
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169N.B.: INSTALL.COM builds a new directory structure, different from
170the directory tree where you have now build OpenSSL.
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172In the [.VMS] subdirectory of the installation, you will find the
173following command procedures:
174
175 OPENSSL_STARTUP.COM
176
177 defines all needed logical names. Takes one argument that
178 tells it in what logical name table to insert the logical
179 names. If you insert if it SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM, the
180 call should look like this:
181
182 @openssldev:[openssldir.VMS]OPENSSL_STARTUP "/SYSTEM"
183
184 OPENSSL_UTILS.COM
185
186 sets up the symbols to the applications. Should be called
187 from for example SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM
188
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189 OPENSSL_UNDO.COM
190
191 deassigns the logical names created with OPENSSL_STARTUP.COM.
192
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193The logical names that are set up are the following:
194
195 SSLROOT a dotted concealed logical name pointing at the
196 root directory.
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198 SSLCERTS Initially an empty directory, this is the default
199 location for certificate files.
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200 SSLPRIVATE Initially an empty directory, this is the default
201 location for private key files.
202
203 SSLEXE Contains the openssl binary and a few other utility
204 programs.
205 SSLINCLUDE Contains the header files needed if you want to
206 compile programs with libcrypto or libssl.
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207 SSLLIB Contains the OpenSSL library files themselves:
208 - SSL_LIBCRYPTO32.OLB and SSL_LIBSSL32.OLB or
209 - SSL_LIBCRYPTO.OLB and SSL_LIBSSL.OLB
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211 OPENSSL Same as SSLINCLUDE. This is because the standard
212 way to include OpenSSL header files from version
213 0.9.3 and on is:
214
215 #include <openssl/header.h>
216
217 For more info on this issue, see the INSTALL. file
218 (the NOTE in section 4 of "Installation in Detail").
219 You don't need to "deleting old header files"!!!
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222Backward portability:
223=====================
224
225One great problem when you build a library is making sure it will work
226on as many versions of VMS as possible. Especially, code compiled on
227OpenVMS version 7.x and above tend to be unusable in version 6.x or
228lower, because some C library routines have changed names internally
229(the C programmer won't usually see it, because the old name is
230maintained through C macros). One obvious solution is to make sure
231you have a development machine with an old enough version of OpenVMS.
232However, if you are stuck with a bunch of Alphas running OpenVMS version
2337.1, you seem to be out of luck. Fortunately, the DEC C header files
234are cluttered with conditionals that make some declarations and definitions
235dependent on the OpenVMS version or the C library version, *and* you
236can use those macros to simulate older OpenVMS or C library versions,
237by defining the macros _VMS_V6_SOURCE, __VMS_VER and __CTRL_VER with
238correct values. In the compilation scripts, I've provided the possibility
657e60fa 239for the user to influence the creation of such macros, through a bunch of
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240symbols, all having names starting with USER_. Here's the list of them:
241
242 USER_CCFLAGS - Used to give additional qualifiers to the
243 compiler. It can't be used to define macros
244 since the scripts will do such things as well.
245 To do such things, use USER_CCDEFS.
246 USER_CCDEFS - Used to define macros on the command line. The
247 value of this symbol will be inserted inside a
248 /DEFINE=(...).
249 USER_CCDISABLEWARNINGS - Used to disable some warnings. The value is
250 inserted inside a /DISABLE=WARNING=(...).
251
252So, to maintain backward compatibility with older VMS versions, do the
253following before you start compiling:
254
255 $ USER_CCDEFS := _VMS_V6_SOURCE=1,__VMS_VER=60000000,__CRTL_VER=60000000
256 $ USER_CCDISABLEWARNINGS := PREOPTW
257
258The USER_CCDISABLEWARNINGS is there because otherwise, DEC C will complain
259that those macros have been changed.
260
3b80e3aa 261Note: Currently, this is only useful for library compilation. The
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262 programs will still be linked with the current version of the
263 C library shareable image, and will thus complain if they are
264 faced with an older version of the same C library shareable image.
265 This will probably be fixed in a future revision of OpenSSL.
266
267
268Possible bugs or quirks:
269========================
270
271I'm not perfectly sure all the programs will use the SSLCERTS:
272directory by default, it may very well be that you have to give them
273extra arguments. Please experiment.
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276TODO:
277=====
278
279There are a few things that need to be worked out in the VMS version of
280OpenSSL, still:
281
282- Description files. ("Makefile's" :-))
283- Script code to link an already compiled build tree.
284- A VMSINSTALlable version (way in the future, unless someone else hacks).
285- shareable images (DLL for you Windows folks).
286
287There may be other things that I have missed and that may be desirable.
288Please send mail to <openssl-users@openssl.org> or to me directly if you
289have any ideas.
290
291--
292Richard Levitte <richard@levitte.org>
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