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| author | Rodrigo Arias Mallo <rodarima@gmail.com> | 2024-05-20 21:04:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Rodrigo Arias Mallo <rodarima@gmail.com> | 2024-05-20 21:23:12 +0200 |
| commit | 4bf29248f2f5777ea8b310bc84f18d77024a2e03 (patch) | |
| tree | a3e75a94b5187b24953e183db9fec5de135cb6c8 /doc | |
| parent | ea2263231abc770d5d87fcdb95fddd80679c5906 (diff) | |
Add workaround for OpenSSL in Cygwin
Cygwin doesn't seem to support detached threads used by the threaded DNS
resolver at the same time the dynamic OpenSSL library is used. As a
workaround we suggest disabling the threaded DNS (will use the same
thread) if building with OpenSSL on Cygwin.
Fixes: https://github.com/dillo-browser/dillo/issues/172
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install.md | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install.md b/doc/install.md index 344cff01..8823ae7c 100644 --- a/doc/install.md +++ b/doc/install.md @@ -166,13 +166,18 @@ $ ./configure LDFLAGS="-L`brew --prefix openssl`/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I`brew --prefix Dillo can be built for Windows (tested on Windows 11) by using the [Cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com/) POSIX portability layer and run with Xorg. You -will need the following dependencies to build Dillo (with mbedTLS): +will need the following dependencies to build Dillo with mbedTLS: ``` gcc-core gcc-g++ autoconf automake make zlib-devel mbedtls-devel libfltk-devel libiconv-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-devel ``` +**Note**: Dillo can also be built with OpenSSL (libssl-devel) but there is a +[known problem with detached threads](https://github.com/dillo-browser/dillo/issues/172) +used by the DNS resolver and OpenSSL that causes a crash. If you use OpenSSL, +disable the threaded resolver with `--disable-threaded-dns`. + You will also need [Xorg](https://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/cygwin-x-ug.html) to run Dillo graphically: |