Re: openssl upgrade confusion

From: Eric (Eric_at_savaka.com)
Date: 03/18/04

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    Frankly I can't decide which is more annoying - receiving user questions posted
    on the "wrong" discussion list, or receiving complaints that the user questions
    were posted on the "wrong" discussion list.

    I guess it all makes for an interesting inbox experience.

    Quoting Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca>:

    > And once again we're shown why technical questions are NOT to be asked
    > on the newbies list. This list is NOT for technical support. This
    > list is to discuss the newbie experience. What works for you, what
    > wonderful things you've discovered, your experiences with FreeBSD at
    > home or work. Things like that. Consider it a coffee shop where
    > everyone comes after work to just shoot the breeze about life.
    >
    > Technical questions should be asked on the FreeBSD-Questions mailing
    > list, where all the gurus and wizards lurk. They can provide answers
    > that are correct on the first shot, and consistent from poster to
    > poster.
    >
    > As for the OpenSSL issue, either wait for OpenSSL to be upgraded in
    > the base, then do a buildworld. Or, install the port using
    > OPENSSL_OVERWRITE_BASE (or whatever the option is called, it's listed
    > in the Makefile). That's it, that's all. Nothing in FreeBSD is ever
    > as complicated as the previous two posts. :)
    >
    > > On Mar 18, 2004, at 11:58 AM, Jamie wrote:
    > >> I'm trying to upgrade my to openssl 0.9.7d from 0.9.7c and am
    > >> having a
    > >> really rough time. I downloaded the 9.7d tarball and untarred it in
    > >> /usr/src. I did a ./config, make, and make install. It seems to have
    > >> placed the new openssl libraries in a different location than where
    > >> the
    > >> original ones were installed:
    > >> # locate libcrypto.a
    > >> /usr/lib/libcrypto.a
    > >> /usr/local/ssl/lib/libcrypto.a
    > >> What is the best way to over-write the base install? I've
    > >> considered
    > >> adding /usr/local/ssl/lib to the /var/run/ld-elf.so.hints file but I
    > >> can't
    > >> find a way to modify the order so that /usr/local/ssl/lib/ is
    > >> checked
    > >> before /usr/lib.
    > >>
    > >> - Jamie
    > >>
    > > Ash.Gokhale@noaa.gov
    > > System Administration Lead,
    > > NOAA/MDL
    > >
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