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diff --git a/openssl-1.1.0h/NOTES.UNIX b/openssl-1.1.0h/NOTES.UNIX new file mode 100644 index 0000000..43146e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/openssl-1.1.0h/NOTES.UNIX @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ + + NOTES FOR UNIX LIKE PLATFORMS + ============================= + + For Unix/POSIX runtime systems on Windows, please see NOTES.WIN. + + + Shared libraries and installation in non-standard locations + ----------------------------------------------------------- + + Binaries on Unix variants expect to find shared libraries in standard + locations, such as /usr/lib, /usr/local/lib and some other locations + configured in the system (for example /etc/ld.so.conf on some systems). + If the libraries are installed in non-standard locations, binaries + will not find them and therefore fail to run unless they get a bit of + help from a defined RPATH or RUNPATH. This can be applied by adding + the appropriate linker flags to the configuration command, such as + this (/usr/local/ssl was the default location for OpenSSL installation + in versions before 1.1.0): + + $ ./config --prefix=/usr/local/ssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl \ + -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/ssl/lib + + Because the actual library location may vary further (for example on + multilib installations), there is a convenience variable in Makefile + that holds the exact installation directory and that can be used like + this: + + $ ./config --prefix=/usr/local/ssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl \ + -Wl,-rpath,'$(LIBRPATH)' |