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[exim.git] / doc / doc-txt / openssl.txt

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt b/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt
index 95ceccc0bfcd873dcf2b465b8056db93d4db545b..194ae7cf88435667b19cda03de0cef8e512f75ff 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt
@@ -38,10 +38,14 @@ something else.  `/opt/exim/openssl` perhaps.
 
     ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/etc/ssl  \
         -L/opt/openssl/lib -Wl,-R/opt/openssl/lib         \
-        enable-ssl-trace
+        enable-ssl-trace shared
     make
     make install
 
+On some systems, the linker uses `-rpath` instead of `-R`; on such systems,
+replace the parameter starting `-Wl` with: `-Wl,-rpath,/opt/openssl/lib`.
+There are more variations on less common systems.
+
 You now have an installed OpenSSL under /opt/openssl which will not be
 used by any system programs.
 
@@ -49,23 +53,24 @@ When you copy `src/EDITME` to `Local/Makefile` to make your build edits,
 choose the pkg-config approach in that file, but also tell Exim to add
 the relevant directory into the rpath stamped into the binary:
 
+    PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/openssl/lib/pkgconfig
+
     SUPPORT_TLS=yes
     USE_OPENSSL_PC=openssl
-    LDFLAGS=-ldl -Wl,-rpath,/opt/openssl/lib
+    LDFLAGS+=-ldl -Wl,-rpath,/opt/openssl/lib
+
+[jgh: I've see /usr/local/lib used]
 
 The -ldl is needed by OpenSSL 1.0.2+ on Linux and is not needed on most
-other platforms.
+other platforms.  The LDFLAGS is needed because `pkg-config` doesn't know
+how to emit information about RPATH-stamping, but we can still leverage
+`pkg-config` for everything else.
 
-Then tell pkg-config how to find the configuration files for your new
-OpenSSL install, and build Exim:
+Then build Exim:
 
-    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/openssl/lib/pkgconfig
     make
     sudo make install
 
-(From Exim 4.89, you can put that `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` directly into
- your `Local/Makefile` file.)
-
 
 Confirming
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@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@ is to run:
 
     readelf -d $(which exim) | grep RPATH
 
+[jgh: I've seen that spelled RUNPATH]
 
 Very Advanced
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