[openssl-users] Building libssl and libcrypto, .dlls and .libs, with different names?

[Richard Levitte]

In message <36801de60bb64636a97247641981693c at RNOP-EXCI05.is.ad.igt.com> on Mon, 26 Jun 2017 01:18:39 +0000, "Zarlenga.Mike" <Mike.Zarlenga at IGT.com> said:

Mike.Zarlenga> Has anyone on this mailing list gone through the steps necessary to
Mike.Zarlenga> build OpenSSL 1.1.0f with the old filenames (libeay and ssleay)?

Generally speaking, it's a bad idea.  The 1.1.0 libraries aren't ABI
backward compatible with the older versions.  Therefore, we decided
for a new naming scheme that includes the version we claim to keep
being backward compatible.

I would suggest that, rather than trying to fit things back to a
naming scheme that no longer works, you fit your building procedures
to the new scheme when building against OpenSSL 1.1.0 and on.  The
plan is that the names will be 'libcrypto-1_1.dll' and 'libssl-1_1.dll'
for 32-bit and 'libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll' and 'libssl-1_1-x64.dll' for
64-bit for all 1.1.x OpenSSL versions.
(which means that whenever 1.2.0 comes out, there will be a
'libcrypto-1_2.dll' and so on...  I expect it will take a number of
years before we get there)

Note, btw, that the import libraries on Windows are simply called
libcrypto.lib and libssl.lib from OpenSSL 1.1.0 and on.  That will
most likely not change at all for the far future.

Cheers,
Richard

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