Hello! Why is it that openssh portable requires always the specific version of openssl it was compiled with, even when there are no ABI changes in the library? Just a precaution?
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 10:33:57AM -0200, Andreas Hasenack wrote:> Hello! > Why is it that openssh portable requires always the specific > version of openssl it was compiled with, even when there are > no ABI changes in the library? Just a precaution? >AFAIK openssl is not always binary compatible. -m
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Andreas Hasenack wrote:> Hello! > Why is it that openssh portable requires always the specific > version of openssl it was compiled with, even when there are > no ABI changes in the library? Just a precaution?OpenSSL have a nasty habit of breaking binary compatability between releases of their library. The check has been loosened in CVS portable OpenSSH to allow upgrading OpenSSL releases which only change the patchlevel. -d -- | By convention there is color, \\ Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> | By convention sweetness, By convention bitterness, \\ www.mindrot.org | But in reality there are atoms and space - Democritus (c. 400 BCE)
Em Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 12:15:33AM +1100, Damien Miller escreveu:> > no ABI changes in the library? Just a precaution? > > OpenSSL have a nasty habit of breaking binary compatability between > releases of their library. The check has been loosened in CVS portableYeah, I thought so. They break compatibility with minor releases sometimes. Thanks for the reply.