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| -rw-r--r-- | PROBLEMS | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 7 |
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diff --git a/PROBLEMS b/PROBLEMS new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b1981d8bd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/PROBLEMS @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +* System libcrypto.dylib and libssl.dylib are used by system ld on MacOS X. +[NOTE: This is currently undergoing tests, and may be removed soon] + +This is really a bug in ld, which seems to look for .dylib libraries along +the whole library path before it bothers looking for .a libraries. This +means that -L switches won't matter unless OpenSSL is built with shared +library support. + +The workaround may be to change the following lines in apps/Makefile.ssl and +test/Makefile.ssl: + + LIBCRYPTO=-L.. -lcrypto + LIBSSL=-L.. -lssl + +to: + + LIBCRYPTO=../libcrypto.a + LIBSSL=../libssl.a + +It's possible that something similar is needed for shared library support +as well. That hasn't been well tested yet. + +As long as Apple doesn't fix the problem with ld, this problem building +OpenSSL will remain as is. + @@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ lists the functions; you will probably have to look at the code to work out how to use them. Look at the example programs. + PROBLEMS + -------- + + For some platforms, there are some known problems that may affect the user + or application author. We try to collect those in doc/PROBLEMS, with current + thoughts on how they should be solved in a future of OpenSSL. + SUPPORT ------- |