Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:18:02 -0500 From: Eric <Eric@savaka.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: openssl upgrade confusion Message-ID: <1079648282.405a201a64217@savaka.com> In-Reply-To: <59123.192.168.0.185.1079646751.squirrel@mailtest.sd73.bc.ca> References: <20040318104500.H25030@floyd.gnulife.org> <A50A8BFA-790F-11D8-9740-00039383C51E@noaa.gov> <59123.192.168.0.185.1079646751.squirrel@mailtest.sd73.bc.ca>
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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@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@noaa.gov > > System Administration Lead, > > NOAA/MDL > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- > Freddie Cash > fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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