updating openssl

[Net Llama!]

On 01/05/03 18:29, m.w.chang wrote:
> you meant when builing those packages (like bind in my example),
> I needed to use the --option to force static library build?

Building static binaries should be avoided unless you have a really good 
reason.  They're an order of magnitude larger, and less efficient.  I 
wouldn't consider openssl a good reason.

> can I make bind to refer to libcrypto.so rather than libcrypto.so.x.y.z
> where x.y.z is the version?

I don't know, but i don't see why you'd want to.

> 
> in the meantime, I am using symbol link.
> 
>>> dig: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0.9.6: cannot 
>>> load share d object file: No such file or directory
>> No, this is the expected result when you rebuild openssl and a few other 
>> libs.  The only workaround is to build static binaries.
>> 
> 

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