Re: Openssl 3.0.0

On 09/09/2021 09:03, Russ Allbery wrote:

> Julien ÉLIE <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>> Russ, is there a reason why lib-pathname.m4 checks for /usr/lib32 or
>> /usr/lib64 only?  I suggest to also add a check for /lib32 or /lib64.
>> With the following patch, configure correctly finds
>> /home/iulius/work/openssl-3.0.0/lib64 Note that I have /lib64 but not
>> /usr/lib64 on an (old) Jessie Debian system.  Seems like newer 
>> versions
>> have both.
> 
> Debian does not use /lib64 paths, so it's correct to not detect this on
> Debian.  (They're explicitly forbidden by Debian Policy in favor of 
> using
> multiarch.)  This seems like a bug in OpenSSL that nontheless it 
> installed
> itself in <prefix>/lib64, presumably assuming the whole world is Red 
> Hat.

The whole world doesnt use debian either :)

Slackware also uses such paths (lib64) etc, and sure as hell isnt a red 
hat derivative

-- 
Regards,
Noel Butler

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