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authorSteven Fackler <[email protected]>2017-01-01 11:30:31 -0800
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## Building
-rust-openssl depends on the OpenSSL runtime libraries version 1.0.1 or above.
-Currently the libraries need to be present in the build environment before this
+rust-openssl depends on OpenSSL version 1.0.1 or above, or LibreSSL. Both the
+libraries and headers need to be present in the build environment before this
crate is compiled, and some instructions of how to do this are in the sections
below.
@@ -49,14 +49,17 @@ make install
### OSX
Although OpenSSL 0.9.8 is preinstalled on OSX this library is being phased out
-of OSX and this crate also does not support this version of OpenSSL. To use this
+of OSX and this crate also does not support that version of OpenSSL. To use this
crate on OSX you'll need to install OpenSSL via some alternate means, typically
-homebrew:
+Homebrew:
```bash
brew install openssl
```
+If Homebrew is installed to the default location of `/usr/local`, OpenSSL will be
+automatically detected.
+
### Windows MSVC
On MSVC it's unfortunately not always a trivial process acquiring OpenSSL.