why there is no ms\do_ms.bat after perl Configure

Question

I'm compiling OpenSSL with Visual Studio 2015. I have installed: 1. Visual Studio 2015 on Windows 10.

2. ActivePerl-5.24.0.2400-MSWin32-x64-300558.

3. nasm-2.11.08-win32.

4. OpenSSL source code by git clone git://git.openssl.org/openssl.git

What I did are:

1. Create a batch file with lines below.

   @call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64 @set path=%path%;C:\Users\gchen\AppData\Local\nasm

2. perl Configure VC-WIN64A —prefix=C:\test\openssl

Now I should do ms\do_win64a. But I can't find this batch file. in directory 'ms', there are files

2016/08/22 17:39 .

2016/08/22 17:39 ..

2016/08/21 14:23 3,646 applink.c

2016/08/21 14:23 1,247 cmp.pl

2016/08/21 14:23 2,815 segrenam.pl

2016/08/21 14:23 4,541 tlhelp32.h

2016/08/21 14:23 1,137 uplink-common.pl

2016/08/21 14:23 1,472 uplink-ia64.pl

2016/08/21 14:23 1,111 uplink-x86.pl

2016/08/21 14:23 1,594 uplink-x86_64.pl

2016/08/21 14:23 4,225 uplink.c

2016/08/21 14:23 2,268 uplink.h

but there is no ms-win64a.bat. what did I do wrong?

Answer 1

The build process has changed with the new 1.1.0 release. Probably you already figured out yourself, but anyway:

Starting with 1.1.0 there are no ms\do_*.bat files anymore.

Instead execute the following steps:

x32 compilation on Windows:

perl Configure VC-WIN32
nmake
nmake test

x64A compilation on Windows:

perl Configure VC-WIN64A
nmake
nmake test

Configure your Compiler environment as before and point your path to Perl (and NASM if used).

Source: The INSTALL file included in the 1.1.0 release.

Answer 2

Since the new 1.1.0 release there is no ms\ folder in the source code. And if you wonder what should you edit to build a static version nowadays (which results in a single .exe file without any DLLs). Here is the full guide.

You will need the following prerequisites:

• Git for Windows. You can download it at https://git-scm.com/download/win. This guide uses version 2.11.0.3.
• Strawberry perl. You can download it at http://strawberryperl.com/ (Warning: ActivePerl is highly not recommended. It will give you strange errors during the process). This guide uses version 5.24.1.1.
• NASM assembler, which is available from http://www.nasm.us/. This guide uses version 2.12.03rc1.

You are expected to install all those tools system-wide and add them to your %PATH% environmental variable.

After you got everything we need, just follow this simple steps:

1. Open VS2015 x64 Native Tools Command Prompt from your Start Menu. You will see command prompt.

2. Create C:\build directory and issue the following command in the command prompt:

   • cd c:\build

3. Download latest zlib & OpenSSL source codes to your build dir by using the following commands:

   • git clone https://github.com/madler/zlib
   • git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl

4. First we have to build static zlib. To do that first we will need to edit some configuration files:

   • Navigate to the zlib source folder: cd C:\build\zlib

   • Edit the win32\Makefile.msc file:

     1. Find the line starting with CFLAGS
     2. Replace -MD with -GL -MT -Zc:wchar_t-
     3. Find the line starting with LDFLAGS
     4. Replace -debug with -opt:icf -dynamicbase -nxcompat -ltcg /nodefaultlib:msvcrt

5. Build zlib using the following command (should take less than a minute):

   • nmake -f win32/Makefile.msc AS=ml64 LOC="-DASMV -DASMINF -DNDEBUG -I." OBJA="inffasx64.obj gvmat64.obj inffas8664.obj"

6. Copy resulting files to your OpenSSL directory:

   • xcopy zlib.h C:\build\openssl\
   • xcopy zconf.h C:\build\openssl\
   • xcopy zlib.lib C:\build\openssl\
   • xcopy zlib.pdb C:\build\openssl\

7. Navigate to OpenSSL source: cd C:\build\openssl\ and configure it to use static zlib & read configuration files (openssl.cnf) from C:\Windows\ directory.

   • perl Configure VC-WIN64A no-shared zlib no-zlib-dynamic threads --prefix=C:\Windows\

8. Now make the following edits to the C:\build\openssl\makefile:

   • Find the line that starts with: CFLAG
   • Append: /Zc:wchar_t- /GL /Zi
   • Find the line that starts with: LDFLAGS
   • Replace /debug with /incremental:no /opt:icf /dynamicbase /nxcompat /ltcg /nodefaultlib:msvcrt
   • Find the line that starts with: EX_LIBS
   • Replace ZLIB1 with zlib.lib
   • Save changes

9. Build OpenSSL by issuing the nmake command (will take around 15 minutes).

The resulting ~3MB openssl.exe file will be located at C:\build\openssl\apps\ directory. It is fully portable, since all DLLs are included. If you need to use custom configuration file, copy C:\build\openssl\apps\openssl.cnf to your C:\Windows\ directory & edit it to your liking.