[svn] Windows update from Herold Heiko.

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                                                            -*- text -*-
 
                                                            -*- text -*-
 

-To build Wget with VC++ run configure.bat in the wget directory, and
-then run nmake. At a certain point in time wget exposed some compiler
-bugs in VC++ 5.0; VC++ 6.0 sp 5 is known to be safe.
+To build Wget with VC++ run configure.bat (in the main wget directory), 
+and then run nmake. At a certain point in time wget exposed some 
+compiler bugs in VC++ 5.0; VC++ 6.0 sp 5 is known to be safe. However 
+read the rest of this document before continuing.
+
+For VC++ the current default is to configure wget with ssl support; 
+first get openssl (http://www.openssl.org), compile it and install 
+relevant headers and libraries where your compiler can find them; 
+currently this could mean (presuming default installation directories) 
+copy (from the compiled openssl dirctory) the whole inc32/openssl 
+directory and its contents to 
+"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Include\openssl",
+and from out32dll (in the openssl directory) the two needed libraries 
+(libeay32.lib and ssleay32.lib) to 
+"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib".
+These locations aren't exactly the best but will get you started if you 
+don't know where to place these headers and libraries.
+Usually at runtime some openssl libraries (currently ssleay32.dll and
+libeay32.dll) will need to be available in your environment PATH.

 
 If you want to build the help file you will need a copy of makeinfo to
 convert wget.texi to rtf and html. I've made a copy available at
 
 If you want to build the help file you will need a copy of makeinfo to
 convert wget.texi to rtf and html. I've made a copy available at


@@ -13,13 +29,9 @@ will need perl 5, one possibility is Activeperl (currently free) from
 install instructions for the current version available (since the
 packages and installation instructions change from time to time).
 
 install instructions for the current version available (since the
 packages and installation instructions change from time to time).
 

-To configure Wget with VC++ with ssl support first get openssl,
-compile it and install relevant headers and libraries where your
-compiler can find them; then uncomment the SSL related lines in
-windows\Makefile.src; then follow the normal instructions
-(configure.bat and so on).
-Usually at runtime some openssl libraries (currently ssleay32.dll and
-libeay32.dll) will need to be available in your environment PATH.
+If you don't want/can't to compile wget with openssl comment the SSL 
+related lines in windows\Makefile.src; then follow the normal 
+instructions (configure.bat and so on).

 
 Windows contributors:
 
 
 Windows contributors: