Dave Thompson wrote:
IME OpenSSL doesn't install into system locations like /lib by default.
You could specify --installdir and/or --prefix; or IME probably better,
install someplace like /usr/local/ssl or even
/usr/local/replace-openssl-0.9.8l
and then create links from the system locations to that; this makes it clear
to anyone who comes along later and looks at this, that your install is
using your own build and not the (vendor) packaged version.
if its a system under control of a package manager like RHEL/CentOS,
*that is a very bad idea*.
you should instead package your built libraries and stuff as a RPM (or
DEB or PKG or whatever other native packaging system your OS uses), and
use the OS packagge manager to install that. the package information
should contain sufficient clue to satisfy any vendor or other package
that depends on the vendor's openssl.
then, you should test and validate any vendor software that calls
openssl to be sure that it functions properly with your custom built
libraries.
this is why I said, you should build your ssl in a site specific
location like /usr/local/ssl or /opt/myorg/openssl098 or whatever.
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