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authorChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2013-06-14 15:48:16 +0200
committerChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2013-06-14 15:48:16 +0200
commit09ec23f1207f15defcfe8630e9306e4022ccd5d0 (patch)
treec449168e630c05ada286ad300e225471d9385c02
parent200bb1b08c9e9137066c030ae8ca17621156d847 (diff)
parentc81549f476af48143aee24964ec07b849af109f9 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-09ec23f1207f15defcfe8630e9306e4022ccd5d0.tar.gz
Issue #15172: Document NASM 2.10+ as requirement for building OpenSSL 1.0.1 on Windows
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--PCbuild/readme.txt7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 194a2b8ecf..9cf8998724 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ Build
- Issue #17547: In configure, explicitly pass -Wformat for the benefit for GCC
4.8.
+- Issue #15172: Document NASM 2.10+ as requirement for building OpenSSL 1.0.1
+ on Windows.
What's New in Python 3.3.1 release candidate 1?
===============================================
diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt
index b60f22db71..88690e9987 100644
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt
@@ -152,9 +152,12 @@ _ssl
You can (theoretically) use any version of OpenSSL you like - the
build process will automatically select the latest version.
- You must install the NASM assembler from
+ You must install the NASM assembler 2.10 or newer from
http://nasm.sf.net
- for x86 builds. Put nasmw.exe anywhere in your PATH.
+ for x86 builds. Put nasmw.exe anywhere in your PATH. More recent
+ versions of OpenSSL may need a later version of NASM. If OpenSSL's self
+ tests don't pass, you should first try to update NASM and do a full
+ rebuild of OpenSSL.
Note: recent releases of nasm only have nasm.exe. Just rename it to
nasmw.exe.