[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4601] install_sw does not honor --openssldir

[noloader@gmail.com via RT]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Richard Levitte via RT <rt at openssl.org> wrote:
> That's correct for 1.1.0. install_sw honors --prefix. We made that change to
> get away from all the weird magic around the combinations of --prefix and
> --openssldir that happened in previous versions.
>
> In other words, it's not a bug, it's a feature. Closing this ticket.

Gotta love unexpected changes :) They don't seem related given the
documented behaviors:

* 'make install' installs the library and man pages
* 'make install_sw' install the library only

Then we have:

* if neither --prefix nor --openssldir, then use /usr/local/ssl
* If --openssldir and not --prefix, then use --openssldir

I don't know what to expect if both --prefix and --openssldir because
I don't use it. is --prefix actiling like $DESTDIR for make recipes?

Maybe I need to ask, how do we install only the library into the
directory of our choosing?

Jeff


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