openssl upgrade confusion

[Eric]

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 at 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 at noaa.gov
> > System Administration Lead,
> > NOAA/MDL
> >
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