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| author | skeuomorf <skeuomorf@gmail.com> | 2014-01-29 08:31:47 +0200 |
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| committer | skeuomorf <skeuomorf@gmail.com> | 2014-01-29 19:22:31 +0200 |
| commit | bc26efb3668a3f66fd13a6a8d3ef72f91e11af8e (patch) | |
| tree | d8e58d3ccd7c3abc6ef9cd932e59aac25f9a4d99 /docs/hazmat | |
| parent | 79777fbfb521154cae072f75970aa53099835edd (diff) | |
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Added canonical installation document with details about various platforms, fixes #519
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst index 926ec7d1..12d2d9f6 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst @@ -13,52 +13,4 @@ The `OpenSSL`_ C library. The string name of this backend: ``"openssl"`` -Using your own OpenSSL on Linux -------------------------------- - -Python links to OpenSSL for its own purposes and this can sometimes cause -problems when you wish to use a different version of OpenSSL with cryptography. -If you want to use cryptography with your own build of OpenSSL you will need to -make sure that the build is configured correctly so that your version of -OpenSSL doesn't conflict with Python's. - -The options you need to add allow the linker to identify every symbol correctly -even when multiple versions of the library are linked into the same program. If -you are using your distribution's source packages these will probably be -patched in for you already, otherwise you'll need to use options something like -this when configuring OpenSSL: - -.. code-block:: console - - $ ./config -Wl,--version-script=openssl.ld -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIC shared - -You'll also need to generate your own ``openssl.ld`` file. For example:: - - OPENSSL_1.0.1F_CUSTOM { - global: - *; - }; - -You should replace the version string on the first line as appropriate for your -build. - -Using your own OpenSSL on OS X ------------------------------- - -To link cryptography against a custom version of OpenSSL you'll need to set -``ARCHFLAGS``, ``LDFLAGS``, and ``CFLAGS``. OpenSSL can be installed via -`Homebrew`_: - -.. code-block:: console - - $ brew install openssl - -Then install cryptography linking against the brewed version: - -.. code-block:: console - - $ env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib" CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include" pip install cryptography - - .. _`OpenSSL`: https://www.openssl.org/ -.. _`Homebrew`: http://brew.sh |