How to build OpenSSL in VS2015: x86cpuid.asm is an empty file

Question

I need to build OpenSSL for a project that\'s using VS2015, 32-bit.

The instructions I found are http://developer.covenanteyes.com/building-openssl-for-visual-studi

Answer 1

Building OpenSSL 1.0.2d as a static library on Windows

Note: Following text is extracted from my building instructions for SoftHSM2.

Required software

• Visual Studio (2015 Community)
• GNU Privacy Guard for Windows (2.2.5)
• 7-zip (9.20)
• Strawberry Perl (5.22.0.1)
• The Netwide Assembler (2.11.08)

Preparations

Create working directories:

mkdir C:\build\bin\
mkdir C:\build\src\

Download OpenSSL 1.0.2d with its signature into C:\build\src\ directory and verify signature of the downloaded archive:

cd C:\build\src\
gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0E604491
gpg --verify openssl-1.0.2d.tar.gz.asc openssl-1.0.2d.tar.gz

Building 32-bit version

Extract archive openssl-1.0.2d.tar.gz into C:\build\src\openssl-1.0.2d-x86 directory:

cd C:\build\src\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z" x openssl-1.0.2d.tar.gz
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z" x openssl-1.0.2d.tar
rename openssl-1.0.2d openssl-1.0.2d-x86
del openssl-1.0.2d.tar

In a new command line window build OpenSSL and install it into C:\build\bin\openssl-1.0.2d-x86 directory:

cd C:\build\src\openssl-1.0.2d-x86
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\nasm
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
perl Configure VC-WIN32 --prefix=C:\build\bin\openssl-1.0.2d-x86 enable-static-engine
ms\do_nasm
nmake /f ms\nt.mak
nmake /f ms\nt.mak test
nmake /f ms\nt.mak install

Resulting build is located in C:\build\bin\openssl-1.0.2d-x86 directory.

Building 64-bit version

Extract archive openssl-1.0.2d.tar.gz into C:\build\src\openssl-1.0.2d-x64 directory:

cd C:\build\src\
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z" x openssl-1.0.2d.tar.gz
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z" x openssl-1.0.2d.tar
rename openssl-1.0.2d openssl-1.0.2d-x64
del openssl-1.0.2d.tar

In a new command line window build OpenSSL and install it into C:\build\bin\openssl-1.0.2d-x64 directory:

cd C:\build\src\openssl-1.0.2d-x64
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\nasm
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
perl Configure VC-WIN64A --prefix=C:\build\bin\openssl-1.0.2d-x64 enable-static-engine
ms\do_win64a
nmake /f ms\nt.mak
nmake /f ms\nt.mak test
nmake /f ms\nt.mak install

Resulting build is located in C:\build\bin\openssl-1.0.2d-x64 directory.