On Tue, May 31, 2011, gvfb wrote: > > >Thanks, I've got the package for shared libraries libssl0.9.8 as well as the > >-dev packages which I need to compile IMAP toolkit, I'll probably use those, > >unless I manage to install from source and then I will enable mod_ssl on > >apache, with a simple a2enmod. I did config without changing anything on > >Configure, I simply did config and apparently succesfully, it only informed > >it was configured for linux - elf. The warnings I got had to do with the pem > >signatures, I believe, they were sort of: > > pem_all.c: In function ???PEM_read_bio_X509_REQ???:pem_all.c:141:1: warning: > function called through a non-compatible typepem_all.c:141:1: note: if this > code is reached, the program will abort > > (...compiling)pem_all.c:147:1: warning: function called through a > non-compatible typepem_all.c:147:1: note: if this code is reached, the > program will abort > > (...compiling)pem_x509.c: In function > ???PEM_read_bio_X509???:pem_x509.c:68:1: warning: function called through a > non-compatible typepem_x509.c:68:1: note: if this code is reached, the > program will abortpem_x509.c: In function ???PEM_read_X509???: (same result) > // this was certainly not the output of the machine, its a comment of mine :) > > (...compiling)pem_x509.c: In function > ???PEM_read_bio_X509???:pem_x509.c:68:1: warning: function called through a > non-compatible typepem_x509.c:68:1: note: if this code is reached, the > program will abortpem_x509.c: In function ???PEM_read_X509???: (same result) > > pem_xaux.c: In function ???PEM_read_bio_X509_AUX???:pem_xaux.c:68:1: warning: > function called through a non-compatible typepem_xaux.c:68:1: note: if this > code is reached, the program will abort > > (...compiling)pem_pk8.c: In function > ???PEM_read_bio_PKCS8???:pem_pk8.c:240:1: warning: function called through a > non-compatible typepem_pk8.c:240:1: note: if this code is reached, the > program will abort > > (...compiling)x_all.c: In function ???d2i_RSA_PUBKEY_bio???:x_all.c:266:9: > warning: function called through a non-compatible typex_all.c:266:9: note: if > this code is reached, the program will abort > > (Those are not the first 10, but a collection of the warnings of which I made > a text grouping them by order of appearance and by what I could understand > they meant, I obviously didn't do a good work there :) > > As for the output test (should I do the commands inside those directories or > is it supposed to be a sort of bash script) Anyway, I'm sorry to say I have > deleted the directory that I used to build, so I would have to run the config > and making again. I will let you know if I can manage to do the test. >
Those relate to the old way OpenSSL (ab)used function pointers which more recent versions of gcc object to. Although they are "warnings" they will cause OpenSSL to abort in many places rendering it unusable. You must use a newer version of OpenSSL sources where this was addressed. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
