Not all the world is binutils ld

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt b/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt
index 93ca701a97a0e1230bdbd3706bc87d0bc85c7d7b..194ae7cf88435667b19cda03de0cef8e512f75ff 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ something else.  `/opt/exim/openssl` perhaps.
     make
     make install
 
     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.
 
 You now have an installed OpenSSL under /opt/openssl which will not be
 used by any system programs.