> But as I have just read, it seems the Security Policy mandates only the
> "fips" option be supplied to be FIPS140 compliant.

Exactly.
 
> What about directory directives, such as --prefix, --openssldir,
> --install_prefix ???

The Security Policy mandates only the "fips" option be supplied.
 
> Having built without the shared option, I notice that only static 
> libraries are created.  But we have applications that have previously 
> linked with shared libraries.
> Are shared libraries supposed to be generated for a fips build?

Shared libraries of what? The FIPS container?
 
> I could build without the fips parameter, but I need one of the RSA Key 
> Gen functions (RSA_X931_generate_keys()) that is encapsulated in a 
> #ifdef OPENSSL_FIPS statement.
> 
> I guess one solution maybe to use "shared" but not "fips" and supply 
> "-DOPENSSL_FIPS".
> Would that work ???
> 
> Suggestions welcome :)

You need to read the FIPS users guide.
http://www.openssl.org/docs/fips/UserGuide-1.1.1.pdf

DS


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