Re: [PATCH] compat: Relax version check with OpenSSL 3.0+

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Darren Tucker <dtucker@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 8 May 2023 at 06:13, <rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
>> Is this not already covered using the --without-openssl-header-check
>> configuration option?
>
> No.  That configure option will disable the consistency check between
> the headers and library versions at compile time, ie the API.  It was
> added when some vendors (from memory, Apple) started shipping
> libcrypto updates without the corresponding header updates.
>
> This diff posted affects the check between the version it was compiled
> against and the currently installed library version, ie the ABI.
> OpenSSL improved the ABI compatibility from "must be the same minor
> release" in 1.x to "must be the same major release" in 3.x but we
> currently only have the 1.x checks.  Damien had a slightly different
> diff that also fixed this, not sure what happened to it.

IIRC not committed yet. It's https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3548
which I also posted about at
https://lore.kernel.org/distributions/87lejy7ilz.fsf@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u.

best,
sam

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