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| author | Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> | 2000-03-23 19:31:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> | 2000-03-23 19:31:37 +0000 |
| commit | e8dbc15933ec0627d5c38f355a9d0b52916e40cb (patch) | |
| tree | 5b7530da9794c13e250509749fde915123ea2bdb /FAQ | |
| parent | 0fa197d8bce3a410e9cb7c54a731d32ffed384ab (diff) | |
| download | openssl-e8dbc15933ec0627d5c38f355a9d0b52916e40cb.tar.gz | |
New FAQ for the OpenSSH configuration problem.
I know, this isn't really a OpenSSL issue, but we keep getting
questions about it, so we might as well provide the solution...
Diffstat (limited to 'FAQ')
| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ | 41 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ OpenSSL - Frequently Asked Questions * Why do I get a "PRNG not seeded" error message? * Why does the linker complain about undefined symbols? * Where can I get a compiled version of OpenSSL? +* Why can't the OpenSSH configure script detect OpenSSL? * Which is the current version of OpenSSL? @@ -150,3 +151,43 @@ a C compiler, read the "Mingw32" section of INSTALL.W32 for information on how to obtain and install the free GNU C compiler. A number of Linux and *BSD distributions include OpenSSL. + + +* Why can't the OpenSSH configure script detect OpenSSL? + +There is a problem with OpenSSH 1.2.2p1, in that the configure script +can't find the installed OpenSSL libraries. The problem is actually +a small glitch that is easily solved with the following patch to be +applied to the OpenSSH distribution: + +--- openssh-1.2.2p1/configure.in.orig Thu Mar 23 18:56:58 2000 ++++ openssh-1.2.2p1/configure.in Thu Mar 23 18:55:05 2000 +@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ + AC_MSG_CHECKING([for OpenSSL/SSLeay directory]) + for ssldir in "" $tryssldir /usr /usr/local/openssl /usr/lib/openssl /usr/local/ssl /usr/lib/ssl /usr/local /usr/pkg /opt /opt/openssl ; do + if test ! -z "$ssldir" ; then +- LIBS="$saved_LIBS -L$ssldir" ++ LIBS="$saved_LIBS -L$ssldir/lib" + CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$ssldir/include" + if test "x$need_dash_r" = "x1" ; then +- LIBS="$LIBS -R$ssldir" ++ LIBS="$LIBS -R$ssldir/lib" + fi + fi + LIBS="$LIBS -lcrypto" +--- openssh-1.2.2p1/configure.orig Thu Mar 23 18:55:02 2000 ++++ openssh-1.2.2p1/configure Thu Mar 23 18:57:08 2000 +@@ -1890,10 +1890,10 @@ + echo "configure:1891: checking for OpenSSL/SSLeay directory" >&5 + for ssldir in "" $tryssldir /usr /usr/local/openssl /usr/lib/openssl /usr/local/ssl /usr/lib/ssl /usr/local /usr/pkg /opt /opt/openssl ; do + if test ! -z "$ssldir" ; then +- LIBS="$saved_LIBS -L$ssldir" ++ LIBS="$saved_LIBS -L$ssldir/lib" + CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$ssldir/include" + if test "x$need_dash_r" = "x1" ; then +- LIBS="$LIBS -R$ssldir" ++ LIBS="$LIBS -R$ssldir/lib" + fi + fi + LIBS="$LIBS -lcrypto" + |