On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:12:45AM +0000, Shanku Roy wrote: > lrw-r--r-- root root 2015-04-10 02:33 libcrypto.so -> libcrypto.so.1.0.0 > -rw-r--r-- root root 1988088 2015-04-10 02:27 libcrypto.so.1.0.0 > > Is there any configure option in OpenSSL build scripts to not generate > the symbolic links and rather generate actual binary as > libcrypto.so/libssl.so from the build process like following: The library "soname" is part of the ABI. What platform are you building for where it would not be appropriate to encode the ABI compatibility name into the library name? -- Viktor.