We have downloaded Net::SSLeay module source from cpan and would like to compile it locally and use it. We are facing issues in two situations.

We need your suggestions on couple of items: 1) We need to use Net::SSLeay module. We have compiled it on Linux x86_64 box using the following statements: perl Makefile.PL INC=-I”<openssl_path>/include" LIBS=-L” <openssl_path>/lib" This generates a Makefile which doesn’t seem to use –lcrypto option. I want to use this option since we are seeing the following error at the runtime: undefined symbol: X509_EXTENSION_free

From the below link, it appears that we need to include –lcrypto option. Please help us how to include this option. I tried looking into Makefile.pl but could not understand much since I am new to this Makefile. http://w3facility.org/question/what-is-undefined-symbol-x509_extension_free/

2) Secondly, while building on Windows, we need to include openssl_path, but INC= and LIBS= doesn’t seem to work. Openssl libraries are already present in a local directory. Please let us know how to include the path with the #perl Makefile.pl option. Your suggestions will be very much appreciated.

In reply to Issues while building Net::SSLeay module on linux and windows by narasimp

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