Openssl upgrade to 1.1.1o on Red Linux 5.11

[Ken Goldman]

On 6/22/2022 10:32 AM, Gaurav Mittal11 wrote:
> Hi Team,
> 
> Is there any way to upgrade openssl in redhat 5.11 as I am getting error its not supported.
> 
>  > uname -a
> 
> Linux serverxxx 2.6.18-419.el5 #1 SMP Wed Feb 22 22:40:57 EST 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.11 (Tikanga)
> 
>  >> ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl-1.1.1o --openssldir=/opt/openssl/1.1.1o
> 
> Operating system: x86_64-whatever-linux2
> 
> This system (linux-x86_64) is not supported. See file INSTALL for details.


Generally, that's a bad idea.  All the other packages are tested against a particular
version and you never know what will break.

If it's just for testing, I build openssl in a local directory and link
my program to it.