From 5fe5996867d3f44a7989ddf7b72daaefcde8550b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Levitte Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:29:26 +0000 Subject: 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 --- FAQ | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'FAQ') diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 98f4f8558d..d323f8c972 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -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? -- cgit v1.2.3