INSTALL: clarify OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
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Richard Levitte 2016-08-31 21:17:33 +02:00
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OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
should be built on different platforms. This information is
held in ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. See the
should be built on different platforms as well as build file
templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
file Configurations/README for further information about the
format of ".conf" files. As well as the standard ".conf" files
it is possible to create your own ".conf" files and store them
locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
variable can be set to the directory where these files are held.
format of ".conf" files as well as information on the ".tmpl"
files.
In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
and will have Configure to consider them in addition to the
standard ones.
PERL
The name of the Perl executable to use when building OpenSSL.