= Introduction =

This new buildsystem is available in [https://github.com/alonbl/openvpn-build GitHub]. For usage documentation, take a look [wiki:BuildingUsingGenericBuildsystem here].

'''NOTE:''' Instead of merging these patches from the mailing list, the content should be pulled from Alon's updated repositories:

 * https://github.com/alonbl/tap-windows
 * https://github.com/alonbl/easy-rsa
 * https://github.com/alonbl/openvpn-gui/tree/build
 * https://github.com/alonbl/openvpn/tree/build
  * includes some additional changes to the "msvc" build

The commit history has been preserved.

= Patchsets =

== Tap-windows patchset ==

These messages are viewable from [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817 here].

||'''Patch name'''||'''ACKed by'''||'''Notes'''||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817 tap-windows 00/11 standalone package]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817/focus=5823 tap-windows 03/11 cleanup: remove warnings of redefinition of macros]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817/focus=5824 tap-windows 04/11 debug: add !DbgPrint support]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817/focus=5825 tap-windows 05/11 build: set default to newer ddk]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817/focus=5826 tap-windows 06/11 cleanup: replace TAP-Win32->TAP-Windows]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817/focus=5826 tap-windows 08/11 cleanup: add TAP_WIN prefix to exports]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817/focus=5828 tap-windows 09/11 cleanup: create .gitignore]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817/focus=5830 tap-windows 10/11 docs: add COPYING COPYRIGHT.GPL]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5817/focus=5831 tap-windows 11/11 build: initial build]||||||

== Easy-rsa patchset ==

These messages are viewable from [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5799 here].

||'''Patch name'''||'''ACKed by'''||'''Notes'''||
||[easy-rsa 1/4] cleanup: fix execute permission||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5799/focus=5937 samuli]||||
||[easy-rsa 2/4] build: simple autotools build||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5799/focus=5938 samuli (feature-ACK only)]||||
||[easy-rsa 3/4] build: doc||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5799/focus=5939 samuli]||ACK [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5799/focus=5939 only if] easy-rsa 2/4 was sane autotools-vise||
||[easy-rsa 4/4] packaging: rpm: initial add||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5799/focus=5940 samuli (feature-ACK only)]||||

= OpenVPN-GUI build rewrite patchset =

These messages are viewable from [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795 here].

||'''Patch name'''||'''ACKed by'''||'''Notes'''||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795 openvpn-gui 0/8 build rewrite]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795/focus=5796 openvpn-gui 1/8 cleanup: resolve unused parameter warnings]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795/focus=5797 openvpn-gui 2/8 cleanup: resolve warnings missing malloc include]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795/focus=5819 openvpn-gui 3/8 debug: fix debug under unicode]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795/focus=5800 openvpn-gui 4/8 cleanup: add missing stdlib.h]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795/focus=5802 openvpn-gui 5/8 cleanup: dos2unix res/openvpn-gui-res-fi.rc]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795/focus=5801 openvpn-gui 6/8 cleanup: dos2unix res/openvpn-gui-res-jp.rc]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795/focus=5840 openvpn-gui 7/8 cleanup: dos2unix OpenVPN GUI ReadMe.txt]||||||
||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5795/focus=5803 openvpn-gui 8/8 build: rework build]||||||

= Build revolution patchset =

These messages are viewable from [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772 here].

||'''Patch name'''||'''ACKed by'''||'''Notes'''||
||[PATCH 01/52] build: version should not contain '-'||dazo||Helps with RPMs and debs don't care.||
||[PATCH 02/52] package: rpm: strip should be handled by package managem||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5884 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 03/52] cleanup: options.c: remove redundant include||andj, samuli||||
||[PATCH 04/52] cleanup: remove C++ warnings||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5886 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 05/52] cleanup: win32.c: wrong printf format||andj, dazo||this is correct: WCHAR *cmd = wide_string (a->argv[0], &gc);||
||[PATCH 06/52] cleanup: remove redundant ';'||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5887 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 07/52] cleanup: crypto_openssl.c: remove support for pre-openss||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5888 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 08/52] cleanup: tun.c: fix incorrect option in message (ip-win3||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5889 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 09/52] cleanup: memcmp.c: remove unused source||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5891 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 10/52] fixup: init.c: add missing conditional for ENABLE_CLIENT||andj, dazo||forward.h was included twice, good fix||
||[PATCH 11/52] build: correct place to alter WINVER is at build system||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5892 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 12/52] Update .gitignore||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5893 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 13/52] build: handle printf style format in mingw||dazo||||
||[PATCH 14/52] build: rename plugin directory to plugins||dazo||||
||[PATCH 15/52] build: plugins: properly use CC, CFLAGS and LDFLAGS||andj, dazo||||
||[PATCH 16/52] build: we need the sample.ovpn in future||dazo||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5894 Samuli's comments]. Dazo: "I'd say ACK, and we'll improve this later on"||
||[PATCH 17/52] Remove install-win32||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5896 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 18/52] Remove easy-rsa||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5895 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 19/52] Remove tap-win32||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5898 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 20/52] cleanup: rename tap-windows function from win32 to win||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5895 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 21/52] build: remove windows specific build system||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5903 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 22/52] build: split acinclude.m4 into m4/*||andj||||
||[PATCH 23/52] build: m4/ax_varargs.m4: cleanup||dazo||||
||[PATCH 24/52] build: m4/ax_emptyarray.m4: cleanup||dazo||||
||[PATCH 25/52] build: m4/ax_socklen_t.m4: cleanup||dazo||||
||[PATCH 26/52] build: autotools: first pass of trivial autotools change||andj, dazo||Simple cleanups||
||[PATCH 27/52] build: autoconf: remove OPENVPN_ADD_LIBS useless macro||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5919 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 28/52] build: remove awk and non-standard autoconf output proce||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5920 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 29/52] build: standard directory layout||andj||Available [https://github.com/alonbl/openvpn/commit/f26b8c6e498184eb53dd74eff40f205358e72404 here]. andj: "compliments for cleaning that up"||
||[PATCH 30/52] build: add libtool + windows resources for executables||dazo, mattock||Fix the COMPANY_NAME and LEGAL_COPYRIGHT later||
||[PATCH 31/52] build: autoconf: commands as environment||andj||comments from [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5921 samuli] and [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5948 alon]||
||[PATCH 32/52] build: libdl usage||andj, dazo||||
||[PATCH 33/52] build: properly detect and use socket libs||dazo||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5922 samuli's comments]||
||[PATCH 34/52] build: autoconf: minor cleanups||andj, dazo||||
||[PATCH 35/52] build: proper selinux detection and usage||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5954 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 36/52] build: distribute pkg.m4||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5924 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 37/52] build: proper pkcs11-helper detection and usage||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5925 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 38/52] build: properly process lzo-stub||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5926 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 39/52] build: proper lzo detection and usage||andj, dazo||Discuss on the ml whether lzo should be enabled by default||
||[PATCH 40/52] build: proper crypto detection and usage||andj||andj: OpenSSL 0.9.6 needs to go||
||[PATCH 41/52] build: autoconf: update defaults for options||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5927 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 42/52] build: win-msvc: msbuild format||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5928 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 43/52] build: move out config.h include from syshead||dazo||||
||[PATCH 44/52] build: split out compat||dazo, [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5929 samuli (feature-ACK only)]||||
||[PATCH 45/52] build: move gettimeofday() emulation to compat||dazo||Removes #ifdefs, cleans up the code||
||[PATCH 46/52] build: move daemon() emulation into compat||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5930 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 47/52] build: move inet_ntop(), inet_pton() emulation into comp||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5952 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 48/52] cleanup: move console related function into its own modu||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5932 samuli (feature-ACK only)]||||
||[PATCH 49/52] build: move wrappers into platform module||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5953 samuli (feature-ACK only)]||||
||[PATCH 50/52] build: windows: install version.sh to allow installer re||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5951 samuli]||||
||[PATCH 51/52] build: distribute samples in windows||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5935 samuli]||Provided [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5935 this analysis] is correct||
||[PATCH 52/52] build: use tap-windows.h as external dependency||[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/5772/focus=5936 samuli]||||