Re: Building Crypt::SSLeay on Win32

Although version 0.51 is the latest, you'll note that it's quite old (June 2003). My guess is that some change in the recent release(s) of OpenSSL doesn't get along with the XS code - as you, yourself, more or less suggested. But that's just a guess. It could also be some code in the OpenSSL library that's posing a problem with VC7 only - ie some code that didn't actually get run until you came to run the Crypt::SSLeay test suite.

There's a ppm of Crypt-SSLeay-0.51 at http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ if that helps. It should work fine with your build of perl (I think ... but no guarantee) despite the different compiler version. I don't know which version of OpenSSL it was built against - I suspect an older version.

Then again, if you built perl yourself you probably don't have the ppm utility - though you can get a serviceable version of it from CPAN. Nearly all ppm's that you find will work with your build of perl - so it's a handy tool to have for when problems arise.

I think it's a sound policy to be using the same compiler for everything - but don't let the principle stand in the way of progress - you'll often find it doesn't matter which windows compiler was used.

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^2: Building Crypt::SSLeay on Win32 by coldguy (Sexton) on Jun 08, 2006 at 17:38 UTC
Thanks for the tip on the compiler stuff! If I end up needing the module I'll give the PPM a try. It does kind of bum me out that the solution to any problem with his module on Win32 is always "use the PPM"... It's even in the doc for the module. I don't know anything about XS but the C bits that call into OpenSSL look sane compared to various "how to use OpenSSL" things I've found. Perhaps I can convince the builders of the PPM to betray their secrets. It looks like the OpenSSL 0.9.7 is still getting security fixes, maybe I'll try building against that.	[reply]

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Re^2: Building Crypt::SSLeay on Win32
by coldguy (Sexton) on Jun 08, 2006 at 17:38 UTC

Thanks for the tip on the compiler stuff! If I end up needing the module I'll give the PPM a try. It does kind of bum me out that the solution to any problem with his module on Win32 is always "use the PPM"... It's even in the doc for the module. I don't know anything about XS but the C bits that call into OpenSSL look sane compared to various "how to use OpenSSL" things I've found. Perhaps I can convince the builders of the PPM to betray their secrets. It looks like the OpenSSL 0.9.7 is still getting security fixes, maybe I'll try building against that.

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