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# Building
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For Windows systems, LibreSSL supports the mingw-w64 toolchain, which can use
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GCC or Clang as the compiler. Contrary to its name, mingw-w64 supports both
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32-bit and 64-bit build environments. If your project already uses mingw-w64,
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then LibreSSL should integrate very nicely. Old versions of the mingw-w64
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toolchain, such as the one packaged with Ubuntu 12.04, may have trouble
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building LibreSSL. Please try it with a recent toolchain if you encounter
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troubles. Cygwin provides an easy method of installing the latest mingw-w64
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cross compilers on Windows.
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To configure and build LibreSSL for a 32-bit system, use the following
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build steps:
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CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc CPPFLAGS=-D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT \
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./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32
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make
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make check
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For 64-bit builds, use these instead:
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CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
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make
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make check
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# Why the -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT flag on 32-bit systems?
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An ABI change introduced with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (also known as
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Visual C++ 8.0) switched time_t from 32-bit to 64-bit. It is important to
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build LibreSSL with 64-bit time_t whenever possible, because 32-bit time_t
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is unable to represent times past 2038 (this is commonly known as the
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Y2K38 problem).
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If LibreSSL is built with 32-bit time_t, when verifying a certificate whose
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expiry date is set past 19 January 2038, it will be unable to tell if the
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certificate has expired or not, and thus take the safe stance and reject it.
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In order to avoid this, you need to build LibreSSL (and everything that links
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with it) with the -D__MINGW_USE_VC2005_COMPAT flag. This tells mingw-w64 to
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use the new ABI.
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64-bit systems always have a 64-bit time_t and are not affected by this
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problem.
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# Using Libressl with Visual Studio
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A script for generating ready-to-use .DLL and static .LIB files is included in
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the source repository at
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https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable/blob/master/dist-win.sh
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This script uses mingw-w64 to build LibreSSL and then uses Visual Studio tools
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to generate compatible library import files ready-to-use with Visual
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Studio projects. Static and dynamic libraries are included. The script uses
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cv2pdb to generate Visual Studio and windbg compatible debug files. cv2pdb is a
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tool developed for the D language and can be found here:
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https://github.com/rainers/cv2pdb
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Pre-built Windows binaries are available with LibreSSL releases if you do not
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have a mingw-w64 build environment. Mingw-w64 code is largely, but not 100%,
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compatible with code built from Visual Studio. Notably, FILE * pointers cannot
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be shared between code built for Mingw-w64 and Visual Studio.
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As of LibreSSL 2.2.2, Visual Studio Native builds can be produced using CMake.
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This produces ABI-compatible libraries for linking with native code generated
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by Visual Studio.
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