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authorPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2018-03-20 21:43:16 -0400
committerPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2018-03-20 21:43:16 -0400
commitab3b76ceb6e8c6609df5169f814976c6c8d16da8 (patch)
treef4366f0934fd1b2e668ce25783e07d4a48642ebf
parentb3b370766107a2bda78f6362170ddbe4b2c0bb21 (diff)
Not all the world is binutils ld
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt4
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diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt b/doc/doc-txt/openssl.txt
index 93ca701a9..194ae7cf8 100644
--- 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
+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.