[openssl-users] OpenSSL and RPATH's (was: Cannot find SSL_CTX_get0_param in libssl library)

[Jakob Bohm]

On 29/05/2017 16:39, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> ...
> The only reason why you would ever want to use RPATH with OpenSSL is
> because you need to install a particular old version of libssl (or
> libcrypto) that has the same SONAME as the system-default, but where you
> don't want to use that system-default one -- but why would you want to
> do that? Security updates are a good thing, usually.
There is another, converse case: If the system comes with a (patched)
old version of the OpenSSL libraries (for example, Debian 7 comes with
a patched OpenSSL 1.0.1 that ensures 100% compatibility with programs
compiled against version 1.0.1t headers), then you may also need a
special SO name or RPATH to link locally compiled software against the
latest 1.0.x release, rather than 1.0.1 .

> RPATH support is nice for corner cases, but it should not be the
> default, ever.
>

Enjoy

Jakob
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