Re: [PATCH 1/1] Just warn if linked libssl is more recent

On 17/06/14 10:50, Arran Cudbard-Bell wrote:

I'm not seeing what the issue is.

OpenSSL has broken ABI in the past without a .soname bump. Very annoying. That does not make it your business to hard-code a version number into the application IMO. Let's say the OpenSSL guys get really clued up all of a sudden, and/or LibreSSL takes off. Assume that the ABI via the .soname becomes really solid, but the version number starts to increment rapidly. Not impossible. I shouldn't have to re-compile FreeRADIUS to take advantage of that. I don't think applications should be enforcing this, full stop. I don't expect you'll agree with me, but never mind.