openssh unix dev - Sep 2000 - Problem with --with-ssl-dir

Hi!

When specifying --with-ssl-dir=/path/to/ssl, configure will always use
an openssl-library in system locations if there, regardless of the setting.

This is caused by line 343 of configure.in:
  for ssldir in "" $tryssldir /usr/local/openssl /usr/lib/openssl
/usr/local/ssl /usr/lib/ssl /usr/local /usr/pkg /opt /opt/openssl ; do
as "" precedes $tryssldir, so $tryssldir is never used, if
"" is already
successfull.
I recommend to change the precedence to ' $tryssldir "" ', so
that I can choose
another OpenSSL library (version) besides the one in the system directory.
(Currently, setting CFLAGS and LDFLAGS has even higher precedence, so as a
workaround I could choose this way).

Best regards,
	Lutz
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Hi,

On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 09:48:22PM +0200, Lutz Jaenicke
wrote:
> When specifying --with-ssl-dir=/path/to/ssl, configure will always use
> an openssl-library in system locations if there, regardless of the setting.
Yes! (I have been bitten by that as well, but hadn't really been able to
figure out what was going on in configure).

[..]
> I recommend to change the precedence to ' $tryssldir ""
', so that I can choose
> another OpenSSL library (version) besides the one in the system directory.
Strongly seconded - especially for testing this is very useful.

gert
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