Add a few FAQ entries for the various ways building OpenSSL on MacOS X

can fail, and point at the text in the PROBLEMS file

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@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ OpenSSL  -  Frequently Asked Questions
 * Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail with "ar: command not found"?
 * Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail on Win32 with VC++?
 * What is special about OpenSSL on Redhat?
+* Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail on MacOS X?
 
 [PROG] Questions about programming with OpenSSL
 
@@ -487,6 +488,20 @@ MDC-2: 4,908,861 13/03/2007
 IDEA:  5,214,703 25/05/2010
 RC5:   5,724,428 03/03/2015
 
+
+* Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail on MacOS X?
+
+If the failure happens when running 'make test' and the RC4 test fails,
+it's very probable that you have OpenSSL 0.9.6b delivered with the
+operating system (you can find out by running '/usr/bin/openssl version')
+and that you were trying to build OpenSSL 0.9.6d.  The problem is that
+the loader ('ld') in MacOS X has a misfeature that's quite difficult to
+go around and has linked the programs "openssl" and the test programs
+with /usr/lib/libcrypto.dylib and /usr/lib/libssl.dylib instead of the
+libraries you just built.
+Look in the file PROBLEMS for a more detailed explanation and for possible
+solutions.
+
 [PROG] ========================================================================
 
 * Is OpenSSL thread-safe?